puttaneggiare
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]puttaneggiàre (first-person singular present puttanéggio, first-person singular past historic puttaneggiài, past participle puttaneggiàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive, vulgar) [auxiliary avere]
- to work as a whore, to turn tricks
- (by extension) to act like a whore, to act slutty
- (by extension) to flirt heavily or have sex to obtain favors (e.g. a raise or promotion)
- (literary, figurative) to prostitute oneself, to brownnose
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of puttaneggiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Further reading
[edit]- puttaneggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana