abbottonare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From a- + bottone (“button”) + -are.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
abbottonàre (first-person singular present abbottóno, first-person singular past historic abbottonài, past participle abbottonàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to button (do up the buttons on a coat, etc.)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of abbottonàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Antonyms edit
- sbottonare (“to unbutton”)
Derived terms edit
- abbottonarsi (“to button, button up”)
- abbottonato (“buttoned, buttoned up; reserved”)
- abbottonatura (“buttons”)