bastonare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From bastone (“stick, cane”) + -are.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bastonàre (first-person singular present bastóno, first-person singular past historic bastonài, past participle bastonàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to beat or thrash (with a stick, etc.)
- (informal, figurative, by extension) to maltreat
- (figurative, by extension) to defeat badly
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of bastonàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- bastonare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana