Italian edit

Etymology edit

From caracollo +‎ -are. First attested in 1618.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ka.ra.kolˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧col‧là‧re

Verb edit

caracollàre (first-person singular present caracòllo, first-person singular past historic caracollài, past participle caracollàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive) [auxiliary avere]

  1. (equestrianism) to caracole (of a horse or rider)
  2. (military) to caracole (of cavalry)
  3. to leap, to twirl (of dancers)
  4. to stumble, to shamble, to teeter, to lumber (of a person)
  5. (soccer) to dribble (moving slowly and erratically so as to fake out the opponent)

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

  • caracollare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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