Italian

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic. Cognate with Piedmontese tartajé.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tar.taʎˈʎa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: tar‧ta‧glià‧re

Verb

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tartagliàre (first-person singular present tartàglio, first-person singular past historic tartagliài, past participle tartagliàto, auxiliary avére) (informal)

  1. (intransitive) to stutter or stammer [auxiliary avere]
    Synonyms: balbettare, (archaic, regional) trogliare
  2. (transitive) to mutter
    Synonyms: balbettare, barbugliare, biascicare, borbottare, cincischiare, farfugliare
    Tartagliò qualche cosa e se ne andò.He muttered something, and then left.

Conjugation

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