abbottonare
Italian
Etymology
From a- + bottone (“button”) + -are.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab.bot.toˈna.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: ab‧bot‧to‧nà‧re
Verb
abbottonàre (first-person singular present abbottóno, first-person singular past historic abbottonài, past participle abbottonàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to button (do up the buttons on a coat, etc.)
Conjugation
Conjugation of abbottonàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Antonyms
- sbottonare (“to unbutton”)
Derived terms
- abbottonarsi (“to button, button up”)
- abbottonato (“buttoned, buttoned up; reserved”)
- abbottonatura (“buttons”)