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blatero

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See also: blaterò

Italian

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Verb

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blatero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of blaterare

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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The first element seems to derive from Proto-Indo-European *balb- (like Latin balbus, with a change from *bal- to *bla-).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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blaterō (present infinitive blaterāre, perfect active blaterāvī, supine blaterātum); first conjugation, no passive

  1. to babble, gibber, speak foolishly or in an animalistic manner
  2. (of a frog) to croak
  3. (of a ram) to bleat

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • French: blatérer
  • Italian: blaterare
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: braadar
  • Portuguese: blaterar

References

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  • blatero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • blatero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • blatero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.