cempennare
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perhaps related to inciampare (“to trip”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
cempennàre (first-person singular present cempénno, first-person singular past historic cempennài, past participle cempennàto, auxiliary avére) (Tuscany, intransitive)
- to trip repeatedly
- (figurative) to act slowly and inconclusively
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of cempennàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- cempennare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana