palleggiare
Italian
Etymology
Verb
palleggiàre (first-person singular present palléggio, first-person singular past historic palleggiài, past participle palleggiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive, sports) to practise with a ball (especially to repeatedly bounce or dribble it while retaining control) [auxiliary avere]
- (transitive) to juggle (an object from hand to hand)
- (transitive, figurative) to pass around (an object, a look, a task, etc.)
- (transitive) to brandish (a weapon)
- (transitive) to rock, to toss gently (e.g. an infant)
Conjugation
Conjugation of palleggiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
Further reading
- palleggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana