moccicare

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *muccicāre, from the same Latin source as moccio (snot).

Verb

moccicàre (first-person singular present móccico, first-person singular past historic moccicài, past participle moccicàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to run (of the nose) [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive) to snivel, whine [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

Further reading

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