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macinare.

to grind or mill

8 characters4 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

verb/ma.t͡ʃiˈna.re/
  1. to grind or mill

    transitive
  2. to mince (meat)

    transitive
  3. to beat up

    rare · transitive
  4. to carry out an activity at a sustained or rapid pace

    transitive
    macinare chilometri
    macinare idiozie
  5. to ponder deeply

    transitive
    macinare un'idea
  6. to squander or waste

    transitive
    macina tanti soldi dopo averne guadagnati
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Late Latin māchināre (“mill, grind”), a verb based on Latin māchina (“device, mill”), an early borrowing from Ancient Greek. Compare Venetan masnar~maxenar, Friulian masanâ, Dalmatian macnur. Morphological doublet of macchinare, a borrowing from Latin.

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