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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)
- (transitive) to eat in small quantities
- (transitive) to eat indolently
- (transitive) to eat every now and then
- (transitive) to eat with small bites
- (intransitive) to eat often in small quantities
- (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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