spadroneggiare
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From s- + padrone + -eggiare.
Verb[edit]
spadroneggiàre (first-person singular present spadronéggio, first-person singular past historic spadroneggiài, past participle spadroneggiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to swagger, to put on airs [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive) to lord it over, to act arrogantly [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of spadroneggiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Further reading[edit]
- spadroneggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana