vezzeggiare

Italian

Etymology

From vezzo (caress) + -eggiare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vet.t͡sedˈd͡ʒa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: vez‧zeg‧già‧re
  • (file)

Verb

vezzeggiàre (first-person singular present vezzéggio, first-person singular past historic vezzeggiài, past participle vezzeggiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to pet, to caress, to fondle
  2. (transitive) to pamper, to coddle
  3. (transitive) to flatter
  4. (intransitive) to mince one's words, to speak in an affected manner [auxiliary avere]

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Further reading

  • vezzeggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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