imboccare

Italian (Fiorentino)

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to feed
  • (transitive) to put in one's mouth
  • (transitive) to suggest an answer
  • (ambitransitive) to enter, turn into a road, entrance, etc.
  • (transitive) to shoot an enemy cannon, gunboat, etc.
  • (transitive) to welcome into the mind; to learn
  • (intransitive) to fit (into)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin *imbuccāre, bucca (cheek, mouth).

Origin

Latin

bucca

Gloss

cheek, mouth

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji

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