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scannare

to slaughter

verb skahn-NAH-reh Rare
Communication Technology

Origin: From canna (of the throat) with prefix s-.

Also means

to cut the throat of

Usage Note

Scannare means to kill an animal by cutting its throat (scannare un maiale), and by extension to slaughter brutally. The reciprocal scannarsi is colloquial for fighting bitterly. Note that 'to scan' a document is scansionare (or colloquially scannerizzare), not scannare. Takes avere as its auxiliary.

Examples

"Una volta si usava scannare il maiale in inverno."

Natural Translation

They used to slaughter the pig in winter.

Literal Translation

Once itself used to-slaughter the pig in winter.

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