lesinare

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Italian

Etymology

From lesina +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /le.ziˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: le‧si‧nà‧re

Verb

lesinàre (first-person singular present lèsino or (traditional) lésino[1], first-person singular past historic lesinài, past participle lesinàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to skimp on (something), to economize
    lesinare nessuno sforzoto spare no effort
  2. (intransitive) to skimp

Conjugation

References

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

Further reading

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

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