caracollare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From caracollo + -are. First attested in 1618.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
caracollàre (first-person singular present caracòllo, first-person singular past historic caracollài, past participle caracollàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive) [auxiliary avere]
- (equestrianism) to caracole (of a horse or rider)
- (military) to caracole (of cavalry)
- to leap, to twirl (of dancers)
- to stumble, to shamble, to teeter, to lumber (of a person)
- (soccer) to dribble (moving slowly and erratically so as to fake out the opponent)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of caracollàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Further reading edit
- caracollare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana