meriare

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Italian

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Etymology

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Related to standard Italian meriggiare,[1] meriggio (midday). From Latin merīdiāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /me.riˈa.re/, /meˈrja.re/[2]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: me‧ri‧à‧re, me‧rià‧re

Verb

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meriàre (no present, no past historic, no past participle, no imperfect, no future, no subjunctive, no imperfect subjunctive, no imperative)

  1. (dialectal, Tuscan) to take a midday siesta
    Synonym: (standard) meriggiare

Conjugation

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  • Occurs only in the infinitive.
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References

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  1. ^ meriare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. ^ meriare in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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