spadroneggiare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From s- +‎ padrone +‎ -eggiare.

Verb

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spadroneggiàre (first-person singular present spadronéggio, first-person singular past historic spadroneggiài, past participle spadroneggiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to swagger, to put on airs [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive) to lord it over, to act arrogantly [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • spadroneggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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