gongolare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From a crossing of godere and dondolare.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gongolàre (first-person singular present góngolo, first-person singular past historic gongolài, past participle gongolàto, auxiliary avére) [+ per (object)]
- (intransitive) to be visibly very satisfied or pleased (with or about)
- 1883, Carlo Collodi, chapter 7, in Le Avventure di Pinocchio; republished [1]Milano: Casa Editrice Bietti, 1954, page 31:
- …e quand'ebbe finito di mangiare ogni cosa, si battè tutto contento le mani sul corpo, e disse gongolando: — Ora sì, che sto bene!
- …and when he had finished eating everything, he patted himself contentedly, and said looking pleased with himself: — Now yes, I'm good!
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of gongolàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)