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Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *exundulāre, from unda (“wave”).[1]
Verb
ciondolàre (first-person singular present cióndolo, first-person singular past historic ciondolài, past participle ciondolàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to dangle, to swing
- Synonyms: dondolare, pendolare, penzolare
- (intransitive, figurative) to hang around, to loaf about
- Synonym: bighellonare
- (intransitive, figurative) to stand unsteadily (from tiredness or drunkenness)
- (transitive) to dangle, to move limply (one's arms, head, etc.)
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References
- ^ ciondolare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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