alpeggiare
Italian
Etymology
From alpe + -eggiare. Cognate with French alpager.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.pedˈd͡ʒa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: al‧peg‧già‧re
Verb
alpeggiàre (first-person singular present alpéggio, first-person singular past historic alpeggiài, past participle alpeggiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to pasture (animals) in Alpine meadows in the summer
- (intransitive) to stay in Alpine meadows in the summer [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of alpeggiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
Further reading
- alpeggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana