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Italian
Etymology
Deverbal, formed with the feminine past participle of abbaiare (“to bay, bark”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab.baˈja.ta/
- Rhymes: -ata
- Hyphenation: ab‧ba‧ià‧ta
Noun
abbaiata f (plural abbaiate)
- barking, baying
- (figurative, rare) a yell aimed at ridiculing or reproaching someone
Further reading
- abbaiata in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana