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ITALIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

scansare.

to pull

8 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

verb/skanˈsa.re/
  1. to pull

    transitive
    scansare il divano dal muro
  2. to dodge, sidestep

    transitive
  3. to shirk, avoid (a bad situation, person, etc.)

    transitive
    scansare il pericolo
    scansare il nemico
Where this word comes from

From s- (“intensifying prefix”) + cansare (from Latin campsāre (“to turn or sail around a place”), related to Ancient Greek κάμπτω (kámptō, “to turn”)).

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