abballottare

Italian

FWOTD – 27 July 2022

Etymology

From a- + ballotta + -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ab.bal.lotˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ab‧bal‧lot‧tà‧re

Verb

abballottàre (first-person singular present abballòtto, first-person singular past historic abballottài, past participle abballottàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, rare) to toss, jolt, bob
    • 1883, Carlo Collodi, “Capitolo 24 [Chapter 24]”, in Le avventure di Pinocchio [The Adventures of Pinocchio], published 1892, page 121:
      Allora fece di tutto per arrivare a quella spiaggia: ma inutilmente. Le onde, rincorrendosi e accavallandosi, se lo abballottavano fra di loro, come se fosse stato un fuscello o un filo di paglia.
      He then tried everything to get to that shore, but fruitlessly. The waves, running after each other and overlapping, jolted him around among themselves, as if he were a twig or a straw.
  2. (transitive) to handle without care

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Further reading

  • abballottare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • abballottare in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

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