limonare

Italian

Etymology

Unknown, limone (lemon) + -are, alluding to the pressing and twisting motions required to squeeze a lemon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /li.moˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: li‧mo‧nà‧re

Verb

limonàre (first-person singular present limóno, first-person singular past historic limonài, past participle limonàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive, northern Italy, sometimes considered, slightly vulgar) to snog, to French-kiss, (American) make out
    l'ho visto che limonava con una compagna di scuolaI saw him snogging with a schoolmate

Conjugation

Further reading

  • limonare in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • limonare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • limonàre in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • limonare in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • limonare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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