imbastire
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
imbastìre (first-person singular present imbastìsco, first-person singular past historic imbastìi, past participle imbastìto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- (sewing) to baste or tack (to sew with long stitches, for temporary use)
- (hatmaking) to wind the pile onto the basting drum
- (by extension) to mount (a construction) temporarily
- to outline (a speech, etc.)
- to fix, to settle on (a plan of attack, a prank, etc.)
- (shipbuilding) to begin construction of (a ship)
- Synonym: impostare
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of imbastìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- imbastire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana