pisolare
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From an older adjective pesolo (“hanging”),[1] from Latin pēnsilis.[2]
Verb
[edit]pisolàre (first-person singular present pìsolo, first-person singular past historic pisolài, past participle pisolàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive, informal) to nap or doze [auxiliary avere]
- Synonyms: dormicchiare, sonnecchiare
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of pisolàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
[edit]- pisolino (“nap”, noun)
Descendants
[edit]- Bavarian: büsln
References
[edit]- ^ pisolare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “pisolare”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati