Italian

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Etymology

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From Venetan petegolar, from petegolo (gossip, noun), from peto (fart).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pet.te.ɡoˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: pet‧te‧go‧là‧re

Verb

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pettegolàre (first-person singular present pettégolo, first-person singular past historic pettegolài, past participle pettegolàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to gossip [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive, by extension) to malign, to say nasty things [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ pettegolare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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