Italian

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Etymology

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From poltro +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /polˈtri.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: pol‧trì‧re

Verb

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poltrìre (first-person singular present poltrìsco, first-person singular past historic poltrìi, past participle poltrìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to sleep in [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive) to lounge, to lie about, to loaf, to laze [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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