spadroneggiare
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom s- + padrone + -eggiare.
Verb
editspadroneggiàre (first-person singular present spadronéggio, first-person singular past historic spadroneggiài, past participle spadroneggiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to swagger, to put on airs [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive) to lord it over, to act arrogantly [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of spadroneggiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Further reading
edit- spadroneggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana