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Italian
Etymology
From puntiglio (“obstinacy”) + -are + -si.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pun.tiʎˈʎar.si/
- Rhymes: -arsi
- Hyphenation: pun‧ti‧gliàr‧si
Verb
puntigliàrsi (first-person singular present mi puntìglio, first-person singular past historic mi puntigliài, past participle puntigliàto)
- to be stubborn, to be obstinate
- Synonyms: impuntarsi, incaparbirsi, incaponirsi, insistere, ostinarsi, piccarsi
- Antonyms: accondiscendere, cedere, demordere, desistere, mollare
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