elemosinare
Italian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From elemosina (“charity, alms”) + -are.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
elemosinàre (first-person singular present elemòsino, first-person singular past historic elemosinài, past participle elemosinàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to beg [auxiliary avere]
- (transitive) to beg for (alms, a dollar, etc.)
- (transitive, figurative) to scrounge
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of elemosinàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Further reading edit
- elemosinare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- elemosinare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa