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pedalino

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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From pedale (pedal) +‎ -ino (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pe.daˈli.no/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: pe‧da‧lì‧no

Noun

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pedalino m (plural pedalini)

  1. (central-southern Italy) sock, especially for men
    Synonym: calzino
    rivoltare qualcuno come un pedalino (chiefly jocular expression)to beat up someone hard (literally, “to turn someone inside-out like a sock”)

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /peˈda.li.no/
  • Rhymes: -alino
  • Hyphenation: pe‧dà‧li‧no

Verb

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pedalino

  1. inflection of pedalare:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Further reading

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  • pedalino in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • pedalino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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