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mangiare.

to eat

8 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

verb/manˈd͡ʒa.re/

  1. to eat

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  2. to tuck in, to start to eat

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  3. to live

    broadly · error-lua-exec · intransitive

  4. to gnaw, to nibble, to eat away at (of insects)

    broadly · error-lua-exec · transitive

  5. to consume

    broadly · error-lua-exec · transitive
    Quella serratura è tutta mangiata dalla ruggine.

  6. to dissipate, to squander

    error-lua-exec · figuratively · rare · transitive
    Ha mangiato in breve tempo tutta l’eredità.

  7. to graft (to obtain illegal gain from dishonest practices, especially in public life)

    error-lua-exec · figuratively · intransitive

  8. to capture

    error-lua-exec · figuratively · transitive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old French mangier, from Latin mandūcāre (“to chew, (coll.) eat”). Doublet of manducare, manicare, and manucare.

noun/manˈd͡ʒa.re/

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: eating.

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  2. food

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Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old French mangier, from Latin mandūcāre (“to chew, (coll.) eat”). Doublet of manducare, manicare, and manucare.

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