chiacchierare
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Onomatopoeic. Some link it to Old French claquer (“clap, clack, clatter”), which is ultimately from Proto-Germanic *klakōną (“to clap, chirp”).[1] Cognate with Spanish cháchara and French tchatche.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]chiacchieràre (first-person singular present chiàcchiero, first-person singular past historic chiacchierài, past participle chiacchieràto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive) [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of chiacchieràre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “chiacchierare”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati