avventare

Italian

Etymology

From a- +‎ vento +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /av.venˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: av‧ven‧tà‧re

Verb

avventàre (first-person singular present avvènto, first-person singular past historic avventài, past participle avventàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, literary) to fling or hurl
  2. (transitive, figurative) to venture or rush (judgments, opinions, etc.)
  3. (intransitive, literary) to be flashy, to make an impression

Conjugation

Further reading

  • avventare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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