pisolare
Italian
Etymology
From an older adjective pesolo (“hanging”),[1] from Latin pēnsilis.[2]
Verb
pisolàre (first-person singular present pìsolo, first-person singular past historic pisolài, past participle pisolàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive, informal) to nap or doze [auxiliary avere]
- Synonyms: dormicchiare, sonnecchiare
Conjugation
Conjugation of pisolàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
- pisolino (“nap”, noun)
Descendants
- Bavarian: büsln
References
- ^ pisolare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “pisolare”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati