Italian edit

Etymology edit

From bordo +‎ -eggiare.

Verb edit

bordeggiàre (first-person singular present bordéggio, first-person singular past historic bordeggiài, past participle bordeggiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive, nautical) to tack [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive) to beat (of the heart)
  3. (intransitive, figurative, uncommon) to make one's way through obstacles
  4. (intransitive, figurative, uncommon) to beat around the bush
  5. (transitive) to border
  6. (transitive, nautical) to skirt

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

  • bordeggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams edit