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Italian
Etymology
From caracollo + -are. First attested in 1618.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ra.kolˈla.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧col‧là‧re
Verb
caracollàre (first-person singular present caracòllo, first-person singular past historic caracollài, past participle caracollàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)
- (equestrianism) to caracole (of a horse or rider)
- (military) to caracole (of cavalry)
- to leap, to twirl (of dancers)
- to stumble, to shamble, to teeter, to lumber (of a person)
- (soccer) to dribble (moving slowly and erratically so as to fake out the opponent)
Conjugation
Further reading
- caracollare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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