assillare
Italian
Etymology
From assillo (“horsefly, gadfly; nagging worry”) + -are. Compare Sicilian siḍḍijari (often incorrectly written as siḍḍiari).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /as.silˈla.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: as‧sil‧là‧re
Verb
assillàre (first-person singular present assìllo, first-person singular past historic assillài, past participle assillàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to nag, pester
- (transitive) to harass
- (intransitive, literary) to become enraged or irritated due to gadfly bites [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of assillàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)