confettare
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *cōnfectāre, frequentative of Latin cōnficiō, through its past participle cōnfectus. Compare Spanish cohechar, Portuguese confeitar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kon.fetˈta.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: con‧fet‧tà‧re
Verb
confettàre (first-person singular present confètto, first-person singular past historic confettài, past participle confettàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to sugarcoat, to coat with sugar
- (transitive, archaic) to prepare (food and drink)
- (transitive, figurative) to embellish (a poem, etc.) with sugary words
- (transitive, figurative, rare) to trick (someone) with flattery
- (intransitive, archaic) to eat candy (especially sugared almonds) [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of confettàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
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