badaluccare
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From badalucco (“skirmish; pastime”) + -are.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
badaluccàre (first-person singular present badalùcco, first-person singular past historic badaluccài, past participle badaluccàto, auxiliary avére) (archaic, intransitive)
- to keep an enemy in check through skirmishes [auxiliary avere]
- to dillydally, to waste time [auxiliary avere]
- Synonyms: gingillarsi, indugiare
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of badaluccàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Further reading[edit]
- badaluccare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana