Italian edit

Etymology edit

From trivella +‎ -are.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tri.velˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: tri‧vel‧là‧re

Verb edit

trivellàre (first-person singular present trivèllo, first-person singular past historic trivellài, past participle trivellàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to auger, to drill with an auger
  2. (transitive, literary, by extension) to pierce, to penetrate
  3. (transitive, figurative) to torment, to nag (of a doubt, suspicion, thought, etc.)
    Synonyms: tormentare, assillare

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Further reading edit

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

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