battibuglio

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Italian

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Etymology

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From battere (to beat) + the ending -buglio, taken from nouns such as subbuglio, tafferuglio and similar others.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bat.tiˈbuʎ.ʎo/
  • Rhymes: -uʎʎo
  • Hyphenation: bat‧ti‧bù‧glio

Noun

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battibuglio m (plural battibugli) (archaic)

  1. brawl
  2. altercation

Further reading

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  • battibuglio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana