punzecchiare

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Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pūnctēculāre, from pungō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pun.d͡zekˈkja.re/, (traditional) /pun.t͡sekˈkja.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: pun‧zec‧chià‧re

Verb

punzecchiàre (first-person singular present punzécchio, first-person singular past historic punzecchiài, past participle punzecchiàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to prick or prickle
  2. to tease or needle

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ punzecchio in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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