bastonare
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bastone (“stick, cane”) + -are.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]bastonàre (first-person singular present bastóno, first-person singular past historic bastonài, past participle bastonàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to beat or thrash (with a stick, etc.)
- (informal, figurative, by extension) to maltreat
- (figurative, by extension) to defeat badly
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of bastonàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- bastonare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana