arrostare
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a- + rosta (“bundle of twigs used as a fan, e.g. for driving away flies”) + -are.
Verb
[edit]arrostàre (first-person singular present arròsto, first-person singular past historic arrostài, past participle arrostàto, auxiliary avére) (archaic, transitive)
- to shake (a whip, one's tail, etc.) as if waving a rosta
- to drive away (mosquitoes, flies, etc.) with a rosta, or with the hands
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of arrostàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- arrostare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana