macinare.
to grind or mill
Meaning & usage
to grind or mill
to mince (meat)
to beat up
to carry out an activity at a sustained or rapid pace
macinare chilometri
macinare idiozie
to ponder deeply
macinare un'idea
to squander or waste
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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