appioppare - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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From a- +‎ pioppo +‎ -are.

appioppàre (first-person singular present appiòppo, first-person singular past historic appioppài, past participle appioppàto, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive, literally) to tie (vines) to poplars
2. (transitive, literally) to plant (a field) with poplars
3. (transitive, figuratively) to give (a beating, a punch)

   Synonyms: dare, affibbiare

4. (transitive, figuratively) to inflict (a fine, an unpleasant task, etc.)

   Synonym: infliggere

5. (transitive, figuratively) to pin (something) [with a ‘on someone’]; to saddle, to encumber

   appioppare un grande compito a qualcuno ― to saddle someone with a big task (literally, “to pin a big task on someone”)

• appioppare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• appiopperà, appopperai

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