trivellare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
trivellàre (first-person singular present trivèllo, first-person singular past historic trivellài, past participle trivellàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to auger, to drill with an auger
- (transitive, literary, by extension) to pierce, to penetrate
- (transitive, figurative) to torment, to nag (of a doubt, suspicion, thought, etc.)
- Synonyms: tormentare, assillare
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of trivellàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- trivellare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana