bordeggiare

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Italian

Etymology

From bordo +‎ -eggiare.

Verb

bordeggiàre (first-person singular present bordéggio, first-person singular past historic bordeggiài, past participle bordeggiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive, nautical) to tack
  2. (intransitive) to beat (of the heart)
  3. (intransitive, figurative, uncommon) to make one's way through obstacles
  4. (intransitive, figurative, uncommon) to beat around the bush
  5. (transitive) to border
  6. (transitive, nautical) to skirt

Conjugation

Further reading

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

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