cannare

Italian

Etymology

From canna[1] +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kanˈna.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: can‧nà‧re

Verb

cannàre (first-person singular present cànno, first-person singular past historic cannài, past participle cannàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to bungle, screw up
  2. (transitive) to fail, flunk (an exam)

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 cannare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Further reading

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

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