spadroneggiare

Italian

Etymology

From s- + padrone + -eggiare.

Verb

spadroneggiàre (first-person singular present spadronéggio, first-person singular past historic spadroneggiài, past participle spadroneggiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to swagger, to put on airs [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive) to lord it over, to act arrogantly [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

Further reading

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

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