mangiucchiare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From mangiare (“to eat”) + -ucchiare.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
mangiucchiàre (first-person singular present mangiùcchio, first-person singular past historic mangiucchiài, past participle mangiucchiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to eat in small quantities
- (transitive) to eat indolently
- (transitive) to eat every now and then
- (transitive) to eat with small bites
- (intransitive) to eat often in small quantities [auxiliary avere]
- (rare, transitive) to nibble (to bite lightly)
- Synonym: mordicchiare
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of mangiucchiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Further reading edit
- mangiucchiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana