tortoreggiare
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
tortoreggiàre (first-person singular present tortoréggio, first-person singular past historic tortoreggiài, past participle tortoreggiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive, rare) to bill and coo (coo and rub beaks as a prelude to mating) (of birds)
- (intransitive, figurative, literary) to bill and coo (exchange loving and affectionate behaviour/behavior)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of tortoreggiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
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Further reading[edit]
- tortoreggiare in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- tortoreggiare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- tortoreggiàre in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- tortoreggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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