confettare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *cōnfectāre, frequentative of Latin cōnficiō, through its past participle cōnfectus. Compare Spanish cohechar, Portuguese confeitar.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
confettàre (first-person singular present confètto, first-person singular past historic confettài, past participle confettàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to sugarcoat, to coat with sugar
- (transitive, archaic) to prepare (food and drink)
- (transitive, figurative) to embellish (a poem, etc.) with sugary words
- (transitive, figurative, rare) to trick (someone) with flattery
- (intransitive, archaic) to eat candy (especially sugared almonds) [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of confettàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)