trangugiare
Italian
Alternative forms
- traguggiare
Etymology
From tra- + a form derived from Gaulish geusiae (“throat”).[1] Compare Italian gozzo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tran.ɡuˈd͡ʒa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: tran‧gu‧già‧re
Verb
trangugiàre (first-person singular present trangùgio, first-person singular past historic trangugiài, past participle trangugiàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to devour, to gobble up, to wolf down
- (figurative) to swallow, to suppress (anger, etc.)
- to squander
- Synonym: dilapidare
Conjugation
Conjugation of trangugiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
References
- ^ trangugiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana