catoneggiare
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From catone (“martinet”) + -eggiare (verbalizing suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]catoneggiàre (first-person singular present catonéggio, first-person singular past historic catoneggiài, past participle catoneggiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive, literary, ironic, derogatory) to show austerity and moral strictness [auxiliary avere]
- Synonym: moraleggiare
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of catoneggiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
[edit]Categories:
- Italian terms suffixed with -eggiare
- Italian 5-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/are
- Rhymes:Italian/are/5 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian verbs
- Italian verbs ending in -are
- Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary
- Italian intransitive verbs
- Italian literary terms
- Italian derogatory terms