Italian edit

Etymology edit

From frase +‎ -eggiare.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /fra.zedˈd͡ʒa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: fra‧seg‧già‧re

Verb edit

fraseggiàre (first-person singular present fraséggio, first-person singular past historic fraseggiài, past participle fraseggiàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)

  1. (literature) to phrase, to compose phrases
  2. (music) to phrase (to perform a passage with the correct phrasing)
  3. (derogatory) to be wordy, to bloviate

Conjugation edit

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Noun edit

fraseggiare m (plural fraseggiari)

  1. (music) phrasing

Further reading edit

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

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