beccheggiare
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From becco (“beak”) + -eggiare.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
beccheggiàre (first-person singular present becchéggio, first-person singular past historic beccheggiài, past participle beccheggiàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)
- (nautical, aviation) to pitch (move so that the front goes up and down) [auxiliary avere]
- (figurative) to oscillate [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of beccheggiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- beccheggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana