piaffare

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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)

  1. (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