pettegolare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Venetian petegolar, from petegolo (“gossip”, noun), from peto (“fart”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
pettegolàre (first-person singular present pettégolo, first-person singular past historic pettegolài, past participle pettegolàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to gossip [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive, by extension) to malign, to say nasty things [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of pettegolàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ pettegolare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana