mangiucchiare

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Italian

Etymology

From mangiare (to eat) +‎ -ucchiare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /man.d͡ʒukˈkja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: man‧giuc‧chià‧re

Verb

mangiucchiàre (first-person singular present mangiùcchio, first-person singular past historic mangiucchiài, past participle mangiucchiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to eat in small quantities
  2. (transitive) to eat indolently
  3. (transitive) to eat every now and then
  4. (transitive) to eat with small bites
  5. (intransitive) to eat often in small quantities
  6. (rare, transitive) to nibble (to bite lightly)
    Synonym: mordicchiare

Conjugation

Further reading

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

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