stronzare

Italian

Etymology

From s- + tronzo (blunt, dull) (obsolete) + -are, from Old French trons, possibly of Celtic origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stronˈt͡sa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: stron‧zà‧re

Verb

stronzàre (first-person singular present strónzo, first-person singular past historic stronzài, past participle stronzàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, obsolete, figurative) to fraudulently devalue (currency)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • Accademia della Crusca (p. 1961), “stronzare”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana (in Italian), volume 20, page 391
  • stronzare in internazionale.it – Dizionario Italiano di Internazionale – Il Nuovo di Mauro

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