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bastonare

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Italian

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Etymology

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    From bastone (“stick, cane”) +‎ -are.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /bas.toˈna.re/
    • Rhymes: -are
    • Hyphenation: ba‧sto‧nà‧re

    Verb

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    bastonàre (first-person singular present bastóno, first-person singular past historic bastonài, past participle bastonàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

    1. to beat or thrash (with a stick, etc.)
    2. (informal, figurative, by extension) to maltreat
    3. (figurative, by extension) to defeat badly

    Conjugation

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    Further reading

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    • “bastonare”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

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