pettegolare
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Venetan petegolar, from petegolo (“gossip”, noun), from peto (“fart”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]pettegolàre (first-person singular present pettégolo, first-person singular past historic pettegolài, past participle pettegolàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to gossip [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive, by extension) to malign, to say nasty things [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of pettegolàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ pettegolare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana