Italian

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Etymology

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Perhaps related to inciampare (to trip).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃem.penˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: cem‧pen‧nà‧re

Verb

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  This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

cempennàre (first-person singular present cempénno, first-person singular past historic cempennài, past participle cempennàto, auxiliary avére) (Tuscany, intransitive)

  1. to trip repeatedly
  2. (figurative) to act slowly and inconclusively

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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