catoneggiare
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom catone (“martinet”) + -eggiare (verbalizing suffix).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcatoneggiàre (first-person singular present catonéggio, first-person singular past historic catoneggiài, past participle catoneggiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive, literary, ironic, derogatory) to show austerity and moral strictness [auxiliary avere]
- Synonym: moraleggiare
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of catoneggiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
editCategories:
- Italian terms suffixed with -eggiare
- Italian 5-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/are
- Rhymes:Italian/are/5 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian verbs
- Italian verbs ending in -are
- Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary
- Italian intransitive verbs
- Italian literary terms
- Italian derogatory terms