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buttare.

to throw, to toss, to fling, to chuck, to sling

7 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

verb/butˈta.re/
  1. to throw, to toss, to fling, to chuck, to sling

    transitive
  2. to spout, to spurt, to pour, to discharge

    transitive
  3. to throw about, to waste

    transitive
  4. to put out, to sprout, to shoot

    transitive
  5. to beat in

    transitive
  6. to put (the pasta) in boiling water

    transitive
  7. to tend [with a ‘towards something’]

    intransitive
    l'arancio butta al rosso
  8. to turn out (well or badly)

    intransitive
  9. in the form buttarlo (literally, to throw it): to penetrate sexually

    slang · vulgar
Where this word comes from

From Old French bouter (“to strike”), of Germanic origin. Compare Neapolitan vottare and Sicilian vottare.

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