azzannare
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a- + zanna (“fang”) + -are.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ad.d͡zanˈna.re/, (traditional) /at.t͡sanˈna.re/[1]
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: az‧zan‧nà‧re
Verb[edit]
azzannàre (first-person singular present azzànno, first-person singular past historic azzannài, past participle azzannàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to maul, to bite with the fangs
- (transitive, by extension) to bite greedily
- (transitive, figurative) to reproach, to castigate
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of azzannàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ azzanno in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)