badaluccare
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom badalucco (“skirmish; pastime”) + -are.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editbadaluccàre (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