Italian

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Etymology

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From spuma +‎ -eggiare. Compare Romanian spuma, spumega, Spanish espumear.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spu.medˈd͡ʒa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spu‧meg‧già‧re

Verb

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spumeggiàre (first-person singular present spuméggio, first-person singular past historic spumeggiài, past participle spumeggiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to foam, to bubble, to froth, to spume [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

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