abbaiata
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Deverbal, formed with the feminine past participle of abbaiare (“to bay, bark”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]abbaiata f (plural abbaiate)
- barking, baying
- (figurative, rare) a yell aimed at ridiculing or reproaching someone
Further reading
[edit]- abbaiata in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana