trescare
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Of Germanic origin; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną (“to thresh”). Compare Old French treschier, Spanish and Portuguese triscar.
Verb
[edit]trescàre (first-person singular present trésco, first-person singular past historic trescài, past participle trescàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive) [auxiliary avere]
- (archaic) to dance the tresca or trescone
- (archaic, poetic) to dance (in general)
- (figurative, uncommon) to plot, to intrigue
- (figurative) to have a love affair
- (figurative, politics) to flirt, to be involved [with con ‘with e.g. the opposition’]
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of trescàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
[edit]Categories:
- Italian terms derived from Germanic languages
- Italian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Italian lemmas
- Italian verbs
- Italian verbs ending in -are
- Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary
- Italian intransitive verbs
- Italian terms with archaic senses
- Italian poetic terms
- Italian terms with uncommon senses
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