bacchettare
Italian
Etymology
From bacchetta (“rod, stick”) + -are.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bak.ketˈta.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: bac‧chet‧tà‧re
Verb
bacchettàre (first-person singular present bacchétto, first-person singular past historic bacchettài, past participle bacchettàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to beat with a rod
- (transitive, figurative) to rebuke, to chastise
- (transitive, figurative, Tuscan) to sell at a very low price
- Synonym: svendere
Conjugation
Conjugation of bacchettàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)