pettegolare
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Venetian petegolar, from petegolo (“gossip”, noun), from peto (“fart”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
pettegolàre (first-person singular present pettégolo, first-person singular past historic pettegolài, past participle pettegolàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to gossip [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive, by extension) to malign, to say nasty things [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of pettegolàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ pettegolare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana