badaluccare

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From badalucco (skirmish; pastime) +‎ -are.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ba.da.lukˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ba‧da‧luc‧cà‧re

Verb[edit]

badaluccàre (first-person singular present badalùcco, first-person singular past historic badaluccài, past participle badaluccàto, auxiliary avére) (archaic, intransitive)

  1. to keep an enemy in check through skirmishes [auxiliary avere]
  2. to dillydally, to waste time [auxiliary avere]
    Synonyms: gingillarsi, indugiare

Conjugation[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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