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beccheggiare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From becco (beak) +‎ -eggiare.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bek.kedˈd͡ʒa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: bec‧cheg‧già‧re

Verb

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beccheggiàre (first-person singular present becchéggio, first-person singular past historic beccheggiài, past participle beccheggiàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)

  1. (nautical, aviation) to pitch (move so that the front goes up and down) [auxiliary avere]
  2. (figurative) to oscillate [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

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