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imboccare.

to feed

9 characters4 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

verb/im.bokˈka.re/
  1. to feed

    transitive
  2. to put in one's mouth

    broadly · transitive
    imboccare il sassofono
  3. to suggest (an answer)

    transitive
  4. to enter (a road, passage, entrance, etc.)

    transitive
    imboccare l'uscita
  5. to enter into, to turn into, to lead to (a road, river, etc.) [with in]

    intransitive
    il sentiero imbocca nella strada provinciale
  6. to shoot (an enemy cannon, gunboat, etc.)

    transitive
  7. to welcome into the mind; to learn

    poetic · transitive
  8. to fit [with in ‘into’]

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From im (“in”) + bocca (“mouth”) + -are, or from a Vulgar Latin *imbuccāre, from Latin bucca. Compare Spanish and Catalan embocar, French emboucher, Romanian îmbuca.

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