madreggiare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From madre +‎ -eggiare.

Verb

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madreggiàre (first-person singular present madréggio, first-person singular past historic madreggiài, past participle madreggiàto, auxiliary avére) (rare or humorous, intransitive)

  1. to act like a mother [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • madreggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana