curiosare

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Italian

Etymology

From curioso +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ku.rjoˈza.re/, (traditional) /ku.rjoˈsa.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: cu‧rio‧sà‧re

Verb

curiosàre (first-person singular present curióso, first-person singular past historic curiosài, past participle curiosàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to look around
    • 2007, Lonely Planet, Israele e i Territori Palestinesi, EDT, page 195:
      È davvero piacevole curiosare nello spazioso showroom di HaMachteret (che significa Metropolitana), []
      It is really pleasing to look around HaMachteret’s (which means Metropolitan) spacious showroom,
  2. (intransitive) to poke about
    • 2008, Sara Bongiorni, translated by Gianni Rigamonti, Un anno senza «made in China»: l’avventura di una famiglia nell’economia globale, Baldini Castoldi Dalai, page 271:
      Non sono per nulla tentata di curiosare nel sacchetto.
      I am not at all tempted to poke about in the bag.
  3. (intransitive) to be nosey or inquisitive
    • 2010, Roberto Buonanno, La fine dei cieli di cristalo: L’astronomia al bivio del ’600, Springer, pages 217–218:
      Se mai Galileo e Kircher avessero pensato di poter sopravvivere a loro stessi, scampando a condanne, critiche e abiure, sarebbe stato per poter continuare a curiosare, osservare e riflettere sui casi dell'universo, con scienza e coscienza, con la fede e con il dubbio; []
      If Galileo and Kircher had ever thought of surviving by themselves, escaping condemnations, criticisms and abjurations, he would’ve been able to continue being inquisitive, observing and reflecting on his matters of the universe, with science and conscience, with faith and with doubt;

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ curioso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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

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