chiacchierare

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Italian

Etymology

In part onomatopoeic, but cannot be separated from Old French claquer (clap, clack, clatter), which is ultimately from Proto-Germanic *klakōną (to clap, chirp).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kjak.kjeˈra.re/
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  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: chiac‧chie‧rà‧re

Verb

chiacchieràre (first-person singular present chiàcchiero, first-person singular past historic chiacchierài, past participle chiacchieràto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)

  1. to chat
  2. to chatter (to talk about empty or silly things)
  3. to gossip

Conjugation

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References

  1. ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “chiacchierare”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

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