marzeggiare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From marzo (March) +‎ -eggiare, referring to the typically variable weather of March.

Verb

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marzeggiàre (first-person singular present marzéggio, first-person singular past historic marzeggiài, past participle marzeggiàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)

  1. to be variable (of weather) [auxiliary avere]
    se marzo non marzeggia, giugno non festeggia (proverb)if March isn't variable, June doesn't celebrate
  2. (uncommon, figurative) to be inconstant, to be moody (of a person) [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • marzeggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana