Italian edit

Etymology edit

From balestra +‎ -are.

Verb edit

balestràre (first-person singular present balèstro, first-person singular past historic balestrài, past participle balestràto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (rare) to shoot with a crossbow
  2. (by extension) to throw
  3. (figurative) to send away
  4. (figurative) to afflict, to persecute
  5. (nautical) to recover the slack of (a cable already in tension)

Conjugation edit