mazzecare
Neapolitan
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin masticāre, apparently with metathesis of /st/.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editmazzecare
- to chew
- (in general) to eat
- (figuratively) to ponder, reflect
References
edit- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1023: “masticare” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “mazzecare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano