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Venetan

Etymology

Compare Italian spasseggiare.

Verb

spassizàr (intransitive)

  1. to stroll, wander
    spassizar la piazza
    to stroll in the square; to be jobless
    • 1785, Gian Giacomo Mazzolà, “Bel veder Nina che in zardin spassiza”, in I cavei de Nina, lines 1–4:
      Bel veder Nina che in zardin spassiza / e al Sol dei Cavei sciolti pompa fa, / che movendose par che i ghe lampiza, / tanto cresse quel bel lustro che i ga!
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    • 1875, Giglio Padovan, “El zerbinoto”, in Rime in dialetto veneto , lines 10–16:
      Ma no se dà spetacolo più belo / che a vederlo montar la cavalina, / co 'l va sul Corso a spassizar bel belo, / o a far a Sant’Andrea la trotadina, / e tegnindose al pomo de la sela / la figura el ve fa de Purcinela.
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