"spizzicare" meaning in Italian

See spizzicare in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /spit.t͡siˈka.re/
Rhymes: -are Etymology: From s- + pizzico, cf. pizzicare. Etymology templates: {{prefix|it|s|pizzico}} s- + pizzico Head templates: {{it-verb|a/ì-}} spizzicàre (first-person singular present spìzzico, first-person singular past historic spizzicài, past participle spizzicàto, auxiliary avére) Inflection templates: {{it-conj|a/ì-}} Forms: spizzicàre [canonical], spìzzico [first-person, present, singular], spizzicài [first-person, historic, past, singular], spizzicàto [participle, past], avére [auxiliary], no-table-tags [table-tags], spizzicàre [infinitive], avére [auxiliary], spizzicàndo [gerund], spizzicànte [participle, present], spizzicàto [participle, past], spìzzico [first-person, indicative, present, singular], spìzzichi [indicative, present, second-person, singular], spìzzica [indicative, present, singular, third-person], spizzichiàmo [first-person, indicative, plural, present], spizzicàte [indicative, plural, present, second-person], spìzzicano [indicative, plural, present, third-person], spizzicàvo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], spizzicàvi [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], spizzicàva [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], spizzicavàmo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], spizzicavàte [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], spizzicàvano [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], spizzicài [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], spizzicàsti [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], spizzicò [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], spizzicàmmo [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], spizzicàste [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], spizzicàrono [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], spizzicherò [first-person, future, indicative, singular], spizzicherài [future, indicative, second-person, singular], spizzicherà [future, indicative, singular, third-person], spizzicherémo [first-person, future, indicative, plural], spizzicheréte [future, indicative, plural, second-person], spizzicherànno [future, indicative, plural, third-person], spizzicherèi [conditional, first-person, singular], spizzicherésti [conditional, second-person, singular], spizzicherèbbe [conditional, singular, third-person], spizzicherébbe [conditional, singular, third-person], spizzicherémmo [conditional, first-person, plural], spizzicheréste [conditional, plural, second-person], spizzicherèbbero [conditional, plural, third-person], spizzicherébbero [conditional, plural, third-person], spìzzichi [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], spìzzichi [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], spìzzichi [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], spizzichiàmo [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], spizzichiàte [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], spìzzichino [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], spizzicàssi [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], spizzicàssi [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], spizzicàsse [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], spizzicàssimo [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], spizzicàste [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], spizzicàssero [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], spìzzica [imperative, second-person, singular], spìzzichi [formal, imperative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], spizzichiàmo [first-person, imperative, plural], spizzicàte [imperative, plural, second-person], spìzzichino [formal, imperative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], spizzicàre [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], spìzzichi [formal, imperative, negative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], spizzichiàmo [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], spizzicàte [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], spìzzichino [formal, imperative, negative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person]
  1. (transitive) to nibble or peck at (food) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-spizzicare-it-verb-ZrHhv~Ww Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian terms prefixed with s-, Italian verbs ending in -are, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 56 44 Disambiguation of Italian terms prefixed with s-: 56 44 Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -are: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28
  2. (Rome, slang) (by extension) to repeatedly look at someone, to observe Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-spizzicare-it-verb-FpA1XKs- Categories (other): Roman Italian, Italian verbs ending in -are, Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -are: 46 54 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: spizzicatura, spizzico

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "spizzicatura"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "spizzico"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "s",
        "3": "pizzico"
      },
      "expansion": "s- + pizzico",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From s- + pizzico, cf. pizzicare.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spizzicàre",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàre",
          "spizzicare"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzico",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzico",
          "spizzico"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicài",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicài",
          "spizzicai"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàto",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàto",
          "spizzicato"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avére",
      "links": [
        [
          "avére",
          "avere"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "it-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàre",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàre",
          "spizzicare#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avére",
      "links": [
        [
          "avére",
          "avere#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàndo",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàndo",
          "spizzicando#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicànte",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicànte",
          "spizzicante#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàto",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàto",
          "spizzicato#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzico",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzico",
          "spizzico#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzichi",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzichi",
          "spizzichi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzica",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzica",
          "spizzica#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzichiàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzichiàmo",
          "spizzichiamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàte",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàte",
          "spizzicate#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzicano",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzicano",
          "spizzicano#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàvo",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàvo",
          "spizzicavo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàvi",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàvi",
          "spizzicavi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàva",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàva",
          "spizzicava#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicavàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicavàmo",
          "spizzicavamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicavàte",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicavàte",
          "spizzicavate#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàvano",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàvano",
          "spizzicavano#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicài",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicài",
          "spizzicai#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàsti",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàsti",
          "spizzicasti#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicò",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàmmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàmmo",
          "spizzicammo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàste",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàste",
          "spizzicaste#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàrono",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàrono",
          "spizzicarono#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicherò",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicherài",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicherài",
          "spizzicherai#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicherà",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicherémo",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicherémo",
          "spizzicheremo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicheréte",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicheréte",
          "spizzicherete#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicherànno",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicherànno",
          "spizzicheranno#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicherèi",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicherèi",
          "spizzicherei#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicherésti",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicherésti",
          "spizzicheresti#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicherèbbe",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicherèbbe",
          "spizzicherebbe#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicherébbe",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicherébbe",
          "spizzicherebbe#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicherémmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicherémmo",
          "spizzicheremmo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicheréste",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicheréste",
          "spizzichereste#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicherèbbero",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicherèbbero",
          "spizzicherebbero#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicherébbero",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicherébbero",
          "spizzicherebbero#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzichi",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzichi",
          "spizzichi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzichi",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzichi",
          "spizzichi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzichi",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzichi",
          "spizzichi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzichiàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzichiàmo",
          "spizzichiamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzichiàte",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzichiàte",
          "spizzichiate#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzichino",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzichino",
          "spizzichino#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàssi",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàssi",
          "spizzicassi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàssi",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàssi",
          "spizzicassi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàsse",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàsse",
          "spizzicasse#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàssimo",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàssimo",
          "spizzicassimo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàste",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàste",
          "spizzicaste#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàssero",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàssero",
          "spizzicassero#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzica",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzica",
          "spizzica#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzichi",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzichi",
          "spizzichi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzichiàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzichiàmo",
          "spizzichiamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàte",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàte",
          "spizzicate#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzichino",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzichino",
          "spizzichino#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàre",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàre",
          "spizzicare#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzichi",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzichi",
          "spizzichi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzichiàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzichiàmo",
          "spizzichiamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàte",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàte",
          "spizzicate#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzichino",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzichino",
          "spizzichino#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "it-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "spiz‧zi‧cà‧re"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a/ì-"
      },
      "name": "it-conj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian terms prefixed with s-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian verbs ending in -are",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "to nibble or peck at (food)"
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          "nibble",
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        [
          "peck at",
          "peck at"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to nibble or peck at (food)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Roman Italian",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian verbs ending in -are",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "(by extension) to repeatedly look at someone, to observe"
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        [
          "look",
          "look"
        ],
        [
          "observe",
          "observe"
        ]
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Rome, slang) (by extension) to repeatedly look at someone, to observe"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/spit.t͡siˈka.re/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-are"
    }
  ],
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}
{
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    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian links with redundant wikilinks",
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    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Italian verbs",
    "Italian verbs ending in -are",
    "Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Italian/are",
    "Rhymes:Italian/are/4 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "spizzicatura"
    },
    {
      "word": "spizzico"
    }
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        "2": "s",
        "3": "pizzico"
      },
      "expansion": "s- + pizzico",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "spizzicàre",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàre",
          "spizzicare"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzico",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzico",
          "spizzico"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicài",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicài",
          "spizzicai"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàto",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàto",
          "spizzicato"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avére",
      "links": [
        [
          "avére",
          "avere"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "it-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàre",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàre",
          "spizzicare#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avére",
      "links": [
        [
          "avére",
          "avere#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàndo",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàndo",
          "spizzicando#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicànte",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicànte",
          "spizzicante#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàto",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàto",
          "spizzicato#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzico",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzico",
          "spizzico#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzichi",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzichi",
          "spizzichi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzica",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzica",
          "spizzica#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzichiàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzichiàmo",
          "spizzichiamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàte",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàte",
          "spizzicate#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzicano",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzicano",
          "spizzicano#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàvo",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàvo",
          "spizzicavo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàvi",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàvi",
          "spizzicavi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàva",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàva",
          "spizzicava#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicavàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicavàmo",
          "spizzicavamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicavàte",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicavàte",
          "spizzicavate#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàvano",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàvano",
          "spizzicavano#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicài",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicài",
          "spizzicai#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàsti",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàsti",
          "spizzicasti#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicò",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàmmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàmmo",
          "spizzicammo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàste",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàste",
          "spizzicaste#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàrono",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàrono",
          "spizzicarono#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicherò",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicherài",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicherài",
          "spizzicherai#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicherà",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicherémo",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicherémo",
          "spizzicheremo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicheréte",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicheréte",
          "spizzicherete#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicherànno",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicherànno",
          "spizzicheranno#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicherèi",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicherèi",
          "spizzicherei#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicherésti",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicherésti",
          "spizzicheresti#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicherèbbe",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicherèbbe",
          "spizzicherebbe#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicherébbe",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicherébbe",
          "spizzicherebbe#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicherémmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicherémmo",
          "spizzicheremmo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicheréste",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicheréste",
          "spizzichereste#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicherèbbero",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicherèbbero",
          "spizzicherebbero#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicherébbero",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicherébbero",
          "spizzicherebbero#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzichi",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzichi",
          "spizzichi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzichi",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzichi",
          "spizzichi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzichi",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzichi",
          "spizzichi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzichiàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzichiàmo",
          "spizzichiamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzichiàte",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzichiàte",
          "spizzichiate#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzichino",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzichino",
          "spizzichino#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàssi",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàssi",
          "spizzicassi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàssi",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàssi",
          "spizzicassi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàsse",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàsse",
          "spizzicasse#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàssimo",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàssimo",
          "spizzicassimo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàste",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàste",
          "spizzicaste#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàssero",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàssero",
          "spizzicassero#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzica",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzica",
          "spizzica#Italian"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzichi",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzichi",
          "spizzichi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzichiàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzichiàmo",
          "spizzichiamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàte",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàte",
          "spizzicate#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzichino",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzichino",
          "spizzichino#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàre",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàre",
          "spizzicare#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzichi",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzichi",
          "spizzichi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzichiàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzichiàmo",
          "spizzichiamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spizzicàte",
      "links": [
        [
          "spizzicàte",
          "spizzicate#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spìzzichino",
      "links": [
        [
          "spìzzichino",
          "spizzichino#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a/ì-"
      },
      "expansion": "spizzicàre (first-person singular present spìzzico, first-person singular past historic spizzicài, past participle spizzicàto, auxiliary avére)",
      "name": "it-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "spiz‧zi‧cà‧re"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "spiz‧zi‧cà‧re"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a/ì-"
      },
      "name": "it-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to nibble or peck at (food)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nibble",
          "nibble"
        ],
        [
          "peck at",
          "peck at"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to nibble or peck at (food)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian slang",
        "Roman Italian"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(by extension) to repeatedly look at someone, to observe"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "look",
          "look"
        ],
        [
          "observe",
          "observe"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Rome",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Rome, slang) (by extension) to repeatedly look at someone, to observe"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/spit.t͡siˈka.re/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-are"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spizzicare"
}

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