spadroneggiare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From s- + padrone + -eggiare.
Verb edit
spadroneggiàre (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