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Italian
Etymology
From bev(ere) (“to drink”, alternative form of bere) + -icchiare (frequentative-diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be.vikˈkja.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: be‧vic‧chià‧re
Verb
bevicchiàre (first-person singular present bevìcchio, first-person singular past historic bevicchiài, past participle bevicchiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to drink little by little with reluctance
- (intransitive, ironic) to drink often or excessively
Conjugation
Further reading
- bevicchiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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