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Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *werrizāre. Derivable from guerra (“war”) + -eggiare (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡwer.redˈd͡ʒa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: guer‧reg‧già‧re
Verb
guerreggiàre (first-person singular present guerréggio, first-person singular past historic guerreggiài, past participle guerreggiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to wage war
- Synonyms: battagliare, combattere, lottare, azzuffarsi, armeggiare
- (intransitive, literary, figurative, by extension) to compete or vie
- Synonym: rivaleggiare
- (transitive, literary) to combat; to fight
- Synonym: combattere
- (transitive, literary, figurative, by extension) to treat with hostility
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