Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin balbāre, derived from balbus (stuttering, adjective).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /balˈba.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: bal‧bà‧re

Verb

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  This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

balbàre (first-person singular present bàlbo, first-person singular past historic balbài, past participle balbàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (obsolete, rare, intransitive) to stutter or stammer
    Synonym: balbettare

Conjugation

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Latin

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Verb

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balbāre

  1. inflection of balbō:
    1. second-person singular present passive indicative/imperative
    2. present active infinitive