cempennare
Italian
editEtymology
editPerhaps related to inciampare (“to trip”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcempennàre (first-person singular present cempénno, first-person singular past historic cempennài, past participle cempennàto, auxiliary avére) (Tuscany, intransitive)
- to trip repeatedly
- (figurative) to act slowly and inconclusively
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of cempennàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- cempennare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana