Italian edit

Etymology edit

From mercante +‎ -eggiare.

Verb edit

mercanteggiàre (first-person singular present mercantéggio, first-person singular past historic mercanteggiài, past participle mercanteggiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to haggle, to bargain [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive, uncommon) to deal, to trade [+ in (object) = in] [auxiliary avere]
  3. (transitive, uncommon) to sell
  4. (transitive, figurative, derogatory) to sell (votes, one's honor or dignity, etc.)

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

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

Anagrams edit