lesinare

Italian

Etymology

From lesina + -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /le.ziˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: le‧si‧nà‧re

Verb

lesinàre (first-person singular present lèsino or (traditional) lésino[1], first-person singular past historic lesinài, past participle lesinàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to skimp on (something), to economize
    lesinare nessuno sforzoto spare no effort
  2. (intransitive) to skimp [+ su (object) = on] [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

References

  1. lesino in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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

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