imbavagliare

Italian

Etymology

From im- + bavaglio + -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /im.ba.vaʎˈʎa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: im‧ba‧va‧glià‧re

Verb

imbavagliàre (first-person singular present imbavàglio, first-person singular past historic imbavagliài, past participle imbavagliàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to gag
  2. (transitive, figurative) to restrain from speaking, expressing opinion or acting; to silence, to censor

Conjugation

Further reading

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

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