cavillare
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Italian
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[edit]cavillàre (first-person singular present cavìllo, first-person singular past historic cavillài, past participle cavillàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to quibble, or split hairs [auxiliary avere]
- (transitive, uncommon) to nitpick, to criticize by splitting hairs
- (intransitive) to crack, to become covered with capillary veins (of ceramics, etc.) [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of cavillàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
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- Rhymes:Italian/are
- Rhymes:Italian/are/4 syllables
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