madreggiare

Italian

Etymology

From madre + -eggiare.

Verb

madreggiàre (first-person singular present madréggio, first-person singular past historic madreggiài, past participle madreggiàto, auxiliary avére) (rare or humorous, intransitive)

  1. to act like a mother [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

Further reading

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