squinternare
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
squinternàre (first-person singular present squintèrno, first-person singular past historic squinternài, past participle squinternàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to unstitch (a book, notebook, etc.)
- (transitive, hyperbolic) to take or pull (a book, notebook, etc.) to pieces, to mess up, to destroy
- (transitive, figurative) to upset, to derange, to unsettle
- Synonyms: sconvolgere, scombussolare
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of squinternàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms[edit]
- squinternato (“crazy”, adjective)