ammoinare

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /am.mo.iˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: am‧mo‧i‧nà‧re

Etymology 1

From moina +‎ -are.

Verb

ammoinàre (first-person singular present ammoìno, first-person singular past historic ammoinài, past participle ammoinàto, auxiliary avére) (archaic, rare)

  1. to cajole, to coax
  2. to flatter
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Verb

ammoinàre (first-person singular present ammoìno, first-person singular past historic ammoinài, past participle ammoinàto, auxiliary avére) (rare)

  1. (regional, Naples) alternative form of ammuinare (to annoy, to bother)
Conjugation

Anagrams

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish amohinar.

Verb

ammoinare

  1. to confuse, put in turmoil
  2. to disturb, bother, trouble

Derived terms

References

  • Riccio, Giovanna (2005) Ispanismi nel dialetto napoletano, Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 36[1]
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “ammoinare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano[2]