vaneggiare

Italian

Etymology

From vano (vain) + -eggiare; cognate with Piedmontese vanegé.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /va.nedˈd͡ʒa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: va‧neg‧già‧re

Verb

vaneggiàre (first-person singular present vanéggio, first-person singular past historic vaneggiài, past participle vaneggiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to rant, to rave [auxiliary avere]
    Synonyms: sragionare, delirare, farneticare, sproloquiare, vagellare, ragliare
  2. (intransitive, literary or rare) to fantasize [auxiliary avere]
  3. (transitive, poetic or literary) to say while ranting

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Further reading

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

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