martellare

Italian

Etymology

From martello +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mar.telˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: mar‧tel‧là‧re

Verb

martellàre (first-person singular present martèllo, first-person singular past historic martellài, past participle martellàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to hammer
  2. (transitive) to beat
  3. (transitive) to bombard
  4. (intransitive, figurative) to beat quickly, to pound (of one's heart, temples, etc.) [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

Further reading

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

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