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sbarcare

to disembark

verb zbahr-KAH-reh Rare
Travel & Places Movement

Also means

to land

Usage Note

Sbarcare uses essere in compound tenses when intransitive (siamo sbarcati = we disembarked) and avere when transitive (hanno sbarcato le merci = they unloaded the goods). The idiom sbarcare il lunario (literally 'to disembark the calendar') means 'to make ends meet' — a common expression a learner will encounter.

Examples

"I passeggeri sono sbarcati al porto."

Natural Translation

The passengers disembarked at the port.

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