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bevicchiare

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Italian

Etymology

From bev(ere) (to drink, alternative form of bere) + -icchiare (frequentative-diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /be.vikˈkja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: be‧vic‧chià‧re

Verb

bevicchiàre (first-person singular present bevìcchio, first-person singular past historic bevicchiài, past participle bevicchiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to drink little by little with reluctance
  2. (intransitive, ironic) to drink often or excessively [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

More information infinitive, auxiliary verb ...

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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