pestare

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pestare

  • /peˈstare/

Where it comes from

dal latino tardo pĭstare che deriva da pinsĕre cioè "pestare, pigiare"

verb avere · pestando · pestante · pestato · pesto · pesti

  1. calpestare con il piede
  2. trasformare in polvere
  3. broadly colmare di botte

Similar: calpestare, comprimere, pigiare, schiacciare, premere, ammaccare, calcare, spiaccicare, battere, frantumare, macinare, sminuzzare, polverizzare, tritare, bastonare, malmenare, percuotere, picchiare, colpire

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In English

  • pound to strike hard repeatedly
  • tread to beat with one's feet; to trample
  • trample (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
  • stomp severely beat someone physically or figuratively

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@misc{pestare_2026,
  title = {pestare},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/it/pestare},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}