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mangiare

Pronunciation: /manˈd͡ʒa.re/

“mangiare” is an Italian word. Its 10 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to eat
  2. to tuck in, to start to eat
  3. to live
  4. to gnaw, to nibble, to eat away at (of insects)
  5. to consume
  6. to dissipate, to squander
  7. to graft (to obtain illegal gain from dishonest practices, especially in public life)
  8. to capture

noun

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: eating.
  2. food

In Italian

  1. consumazione di cibi a mezzogiorno o a sera
  2. ogni cibo o vivanda gustosi e piacevoli al palato
  3. nutrirsi di alimenti solidi o semisolidi
  4. muovere un pezzo sulla casella in cui sta un altro pezzo, eliminando così il secondo dal gioco

Etymology

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

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