cincischiare
Italian
Alternative forms
- incischiare (obsolete)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *incīsculāre, derived from Classical Latin incīsus, perfect passive participle of incīdō (“to cut open”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃin.t͡ʃiˈskja.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: cin‧ci‧schià‧re
Verb
cincischiàre (first-person singular present cincìschio, first-person singular past historic cincischiài, past participle cincischiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (uncommon, transitive) to miscut
- (transitive) to crumple, to crease
- (transitive) to mispronounce, to misarticulate
- (intransitive) to waste time, to idle
Conjugation
Conjugation of cincischiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
Further reading
- cincischiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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