limonare
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown, limone (“lemon”) + -are, alluding to the pressing and twisting motions required to squeeze a lemon.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]limonàre (first-person singular present limóno, first-person singular past historic limonài, past participle limonàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive, northern Italy, sometimes considered, slightly vulgar) to snog, to French-kiss, (American) make out
- l'ho visto che limonava con una compagna di scuola ― I saw him snogging with a schoolmate
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of limonàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- limonare in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- limonare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- limonàre in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- limonare in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- limonare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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