Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From nacchera +‎ -are (1st-conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nak.keˈra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: nac‧che‧rà‧re

Verb

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naccheràre (first-person singular present nàcchero, first-person singular past historic naccherài, past participle naccheràto, auxiliary avére) (archaic, literary, rare)

  1. (intransitive) to play the nacchere
  2. (intransitive, rare) to play the castanets
  3. (transitive, figurative) to make fun of

Conjugation

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Further reading

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