centellinare
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From centellino + -are.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]centellinàre (first-person singular present centèllino or (traditional) centellìno[1], first-person singular past historic centellinài, past participle centellinàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to sip
- Synonym: sorseggiare
- (transitive) to take more time at doing something
- 2019 November, Silvia Ferrara, La grande invenzione, Feltrinelli, →ISBN, page 9:
- Sono in ritardo sui tempi normali: imparare a scrivere è stata un'impresa, lunga e centellinata.
- I'm late compared to normal timing: learning how to write has been a hard task, long and drawn out.
- as to savour/savor the experience, to enjoy
- Synonym: assaporare
- (transitive) to ration
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of centellinàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Traditional.
References
[edit]- ^ centellino in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading
[edit]- centellinare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana