Italian

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Etymology

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Verb-object compound, composed of racconta (to tell) +‎ balle (lies).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /rakˌkon.taˈbal.le/[1]
  • Rhymes: -alle
  • Hyphenation: rac‧con‧ta‧bàl‧le

Noun

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raccontaballe m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. (informal) Synonym of contaballe

References

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  1. ^ raccontaballe in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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