belare

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See also: belaré

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin bēlāre, from Classical Latin bālāre. Compare also Lombardic bellan (to bark, bay, resound, echo), German bellen (to bark).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: be‧là‧re

Verb

belàre (first-person singular present bèlo, first-person singular past historic belài, past participle belàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to bleat (both senses)
  2. (intransitive, figurative, by extension) to sing in a whiny or mushy tone
  3. (transitive) to recite annoyingly or affectedly slowly
    belare la poesiato annoyingly recite the poem

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