Italian

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *exquatere, *excotere, a remodelling of Latin excutere on simplex quatere. Compare Romanian scoate (remove). Cf. also escutere, a borrowed doublet.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈskwɔ.te.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɔtere
  • Hyphenation: scuò‧te‧re

Verb

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scuòtere (first-person singular present scuòto, first-person singular past historic scòssi, past participle scòsso, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to shake, to jolt
  2. (also figurative) to shake off, to remove by shaking
  3. (figurative) to upset, to shake (emotionally)
  4. (archaic or literary) to deprive

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