dormicchiare

Italian

Etymology

From dorm(ire) (to sleep) + -icchiare (frequentative-diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dor.mikˈkja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: dor‧mic‧chià‧re

Verb

dormicchiàre (first-person singular present dormìcchio, first-person singular past historic dormicchiài, past participle dormicchiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to doze, to snooze, to nap
    Synonyms: pisolare, sonnecchiare

Conjugation

Further reading

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

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