azzannare

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Italian

Etymology

From a- +‎ zanna (fang) +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ad.d͡zanˈna.re/, (traditional) /at.t͡sanˈna.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: az‧zan‧nà‧re

Verb

azzannàre (first-person singular present azzànno, first-person singular past historic azzannài, past participle azzannàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to maul, to bite with the fangs
    Synonym: mordere
    Coordinate term: addentare
  2. (transitive, by extension) to bite greedily
  3. (transitive, figurative) to reproach, to castigate

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ azzanno in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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