vezzeggiare
Italian
Etymology
From vezzo (“caress”) + -eggiare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vet.t͡sedˈd͡ʒa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: vez‧zeg‧già‧re
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Verb
vezzeggiàre (first-person singular present vezzéggio, first-person singular past historic vezzeggiài, past participle vezzeggiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to pet, to caress, to fondle
- (transitive) to pamper, to coddle
- (transitive) to flatter
- (intransitive) to mince one's words, to speak in an affected manner [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of vezzeggiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
Further reading
- vezzeggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana