badaluccare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From badalucco (“skirmish; pastime”) + -are.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
badaluccàre (first-person singular present badalùcco, first-person singular past historic badaluccài, past participle badaluccàto, auxiliary avére) (archaic, intransitive)
- to keep an enemy in check through skirmishes [auxiliary avere]
- to dillydally, to waste time [auxiliary avere]
- Synonyms: gingillarsi, indugiare
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of badaluccàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Further reading edit
- badaluccare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana