beccheggiare
Italian
Etymology
From becco (“beak”) + -eggiare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bek.kedˈd͡ʒa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: bec‧cheg‧già‧re
Verb
beccheggiàre (first-person singular present becchéggio, first-person singular past historic beccheggiài, past participle beccheggiàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)
- (nautical, aviation) to pitch (move so that the front goes up and down) [auxiliary avere]
- (figurative) to oscillate [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of beccheggiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
Further reading
- beccheggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana