elemosinare

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From elemosina (charity, alms) +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.le.mo.ziˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧mo‧si‧nà‧re

Verb

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elemosinàre (first-person singular present elemòsino, first-person singular past historic elemosinài, past participle elemosinàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to beg [auxiliary avere]
  2. (transitive) to beg for (alms, a dollar, etc.)
  3. (transitive, figurative) to scrounge

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • elemosinare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • elemosinare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

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