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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French piaffer, of onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pjafˈfa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: piaf‧fà‧re
Verb
piaffàre (first-person singular present piàffo, first-person singular past historic piaffài, past participle piaffàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive, dressage) to execute a piaffer
- Synonym: fare la ciambella
Conjugation
Further reading
- piaffare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana