pettinare
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[edit]pettinàre (first-person singular present pèttino, first-person singular past historic pettinài, past participle pettinàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to comb, dress (hair, fur, etc.)
- Synonyms: acconciare, ravviare, spazzolare
- pettinare i capelli ricci
- to comb the curly hair
- (by extension) to comb the hair or fur of
- Synonyms: acconciare, sistemare, spazzolare
- pettinare il bambino ― to comb the child's hair
- pettinare il gatto ― to comb the cat's fur
- (manufacturing, by extension) to comb; to card; to tease; to hackle (fabric)
- (humorous) to give a beating; to knock some sense into
- se non lo fai, io ti pettino!
- if you don't do it, I'll knock some sense into you
- to criticize harshly; to reprimand; to tell off
- Synonyms: sgridare, criticare; see also Thesaurus:rimproverare
- (journalism, euphemistic, figurative, by extension) to fix up or polish a story, typically by distorting a fact or guiding a misleading narrative
- (archaic, poetic) to eat voraciously
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of pettinàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- pettinare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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