guerreggiare

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgar Latin *werridiāre, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *werru. By surface analysis, guerra (war) +‎ -eggiare.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡwer.redˈd͡ʒa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: guer‧reg‧già‧re

Verb[edit]

guerreggiàre (first-person singular present guerréggio, first-person singular past historic guerreggiài, past participle guerreggiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to wage war
    Synonyms: battagliare, combattere, lottare, azzuffarsi, armeggiare
  2. (intransitive, literary, figurative, by extension) to compete or vie
    Synonym: rivaleggiare
  3. (transitive, literary) to combat; to fight
    Synonym: combattere
  4. (transitive, literary, figurative, by extension) to treat with hostility

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