See also: prüdere

Italian

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *prūdere, with dissimilation and a change in conjugation from Latin prūriō (to itch or tingle).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpru.de.re/
  • Rhymes: -udere
  • Hyphenation: prù‧de‧re

Verb

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prùdere (first-person singular present prùdo, first-person singular past historic (rare) prudétti or (ditto, traditional) prudètti, no past participle)

  1. (intransitive) to itch

Conjugation

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Further reading

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