arrostare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From a- + rosta (“bundle of twigs used as a fan, e.g. for driving away flies”) + -are.
Verb edit
arrostàre (first-person singular present arròsto, first-person singular past historic arrostài, past participle arrostàto, auxiliary avére) (archaic, transitive)
- to shake (a whip, one's tail, etc.) as if waving a rosta
- to drive away (mosquitoes, flies, etc.) with a rosta, or with the hands
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of arrostàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- arrostare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana