digrignare
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old High German grīnan (“to twist the mouth”) (whence English grin and French grincer (“to squeak, to gnash”)), from Proto-Germanic *grīnaną, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rub, to grind”). di- used either to represent downward motion or as an intensifier.
Verb
[edit]digrignàre (first-person singular present digrìgno, first-person singular past historic digrignài, past participle digrignàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to grind, to gnash (one's teeth)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of digrignàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)