Italian

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Etymology

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From bruto +‎ -eggiare. First attested before 1694.

Verb

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bruteggiàre (first-person singular present brutéggio, first-person singular past historic bruteggiài, past participle bruteggiàto, auxiliary avére) (obsolete, intransitive)

  1. to act like a brute, to act ferociously

Conjugation

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