chiacchierare
Italian
editEtymology
editIn part onomatopoeic, but cannot be separated from Old French claquer (“clap, clack, clatter”), which is ultimately from Proto-Germanic *klakōną (“to clap, chirp”).[1]
Pronunciation
editVerb
editchiacchieràre (first-person singular present chiàcchiero, first-person singular past historic chiacchierài, past participle chiacchieràto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive) [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of chiacchieràre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
editRelated terms
References
edit- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “chiacchierare”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati