montare in cattedra

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally, “mount in professorship.” Compare French monter en chaire.

Verb

montàre in cattedra (first-person singular present mónto in cattedra, first-person singular past historic montài in cattedra, past participle montàto in cattedra, auxiliary èssere)

  1. (idiomatic) to speak in a professorial, presumptuous, and dogmatic way; to pontificate
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