confettare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *cōnfectāre, frequentative of Latin cōnficiō, through its past participle cōnfectus. Compare Spanish cohechar, Portuguese confeitar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kon.fetˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: con‧fet‧tà‧re

Verb

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confettàre (first-person singular present confètto, first-person singular past historic confettài, past participle confettàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to sugarcoat, to coat with sugar
  2. (transitive, archaic) to prepare (food and drink)
  3. (transitive, figurative) to embellish (a poem, etc.) with sugary words
  4. (transitive, figurative, rare) to trick (someone) with flattery
  5. (intransitive, archaic) to eat candy (especially sugared almonds) [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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Anagrams

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