elemosinare
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Italian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From elemosina (“charity, alms”) + -are.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
elemosinàre (first-person singular present elemòsino, first-person singular past historic elemosinài, past participle elemosinàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to beg [auxiliary avere]
- (transitive) to beg for (alms, a dollar, etc.)
- (transitive, figurative) to scrounge
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of elemosinàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Further reading[edit]
- elemosinare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- elemosinare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa