bordeggiare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
bordeggiàre (first-person singular present bordéggio, first-person singular past historic bordeggiài, past participle bordeggiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive, nautical) to tack [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive) to beat (of the heart)
- (intransitive, figurative, uncommon) to make one's way through obstacles
- (intransitive, figurative, uncommon) to beat around the bush
- (transitive) to border
- (transitive, nautical) to skirt
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of bordeggiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Further reading edit
- bordeggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana