mercanteggiare

Italian

Etymology

From mercante + -eggiare.

Verb

mercanteggiàre (first-person singular present mercantéggio, first-person singular past historic mercanteggiài, past participle mercanteggiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to haggle, to bargain [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive, uncommon) to deal, to trade [+ in (object) = in] [auxiliary avere]
  3. (transitive, uncommon) to sell
  4. (transitive, figurative, derogatory) to sell (votes, one's honor or dignity, etc.)

Conjugation

Further reading

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

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