temporeggiare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin temporizāre, from Latin tempus (“time”); adapted to the suffix -eggiare.
Verb edit
temporeggiàre (first-person singular present temporéggio, first-person singular past historic temporeggiài, past participle temporeggiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to play for time; to temporize [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive, military) to postpone the coup de grace to wear down the enemy [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive, archaic) to adapt one's behavior to the circumstances [auxiliary avere]
- (transitive, archaic) to postpone (a problem); to sweep under the rug
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of temporeggiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)