mettere bocca

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Italian

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Etymology

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Literally, to put (the) mouth. Compare English to stick one's nose in.

Verb

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méttere bocca (first-person singular present métto bocca, first-person singular past historic mìsi bocca, past participle mésso bocca, auxiliary avére)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) to meddle or interfere [with in ‘in/with’]
    ha messo bocca nei nostri documenti
    he meddled with our documents
    la squadra non avrebbe messo bocca durante la discussione
    the team would not have interfered during the discussion