azzannare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From a- + zanna (“fang”) + -are.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ad.d͡zanˈna.re/, (traditional) /at.t͡sanˈna.re/[1]
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: az‧zan‧nà‧re
Verb edit
azzannàre (first-person singular present azzànno, first-person singular past historic azzannài, past participle azzannàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to maul, to bite with the fangs
- (transitive, by extension) to bite greedily
- (transitive, figurative) to reproach, to castigate
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of azzannàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ azzanno in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)