bastonare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From bastone (stick, cane) +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ba.stoˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ba‧sto‧nà‧re

Verb

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bastonàre (first-person singular present bastóno, first-person singular past historic bastonài, past participle bastonàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to beat or thrash (with a stick, etc.)
  2. (informal, figurative, by extension) to maltreat
  3. (figurative, by extension) to defeat badly

Conjugation

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Further reading

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

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