distaccare
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French destacher (“to detach”).
Akin to Old High German stecko (“post”) (German Stecken), Old Saxon stekko (“stake”), Old Norse stakkr (“hay stack, heap”), Old English staca (“stake”). More at stake.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis.takˈka.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: di‧stac‧cà‧re
Verb
distaccàre (first-person singular present distàcco, first-person singular past historic distaccài, past participle distaccàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to separate
- to remove, detach, or take off
- to distance or alienate
- (sports) to outdistance (in a race)
Conjugation
Conjugation of distaccàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)