arrostare
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a- + rosta (“bundle of twigs used as a fan, e.g. for driving away flies”) + -are.
Verb[edit]
arrostàre (first-person singular present arròsto, first-person singular past historic arrostài, past participle arrostàto, auxiliary avére) (archaic, transitive)
- to shake (a whip, one's tail, etc.) as if waving a rosta
- to drive away (mosquitoes, flies, etc.) with a rosta, or with the hands
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of arrostàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- arrostare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana