pettinare

From Latin pectināre.

• IPA^(key): /pet.tiˈna.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: pet‧ti‧nà‧re

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1. to comb, dress (hair, fur, etc.)

   Synonyms: acconciare, ravviare, spazzolare

   pettinare i capelli ricci

   to comb the curly hair

2. (by extension) to comb the hair or fur of

   Synonyms: acconciare, sistemare, spazzolare

   pettinare il bambino ― to comb the child's hair

   pettinare il gatto ― to comb the cat's fur

3. (manufacturing, by extension) to comb; to card; to tease; to hackle (fabric)
4. (humorous) to give a beating; to knock some sense into

   se non lo fai, io ti pettino!

   if you don't do it, I'll knock some sense into you

5. to criticize harshly; to reprimand; to tell off

   Synonyms: sgridare, criticare; see also Thesaurus:rimproverare

6. (journalism, euphemistic, figurative, by extension) to fix up or polish a story, typically by distorting a fact or guiding a misleading narrative
7. (archaic, poetic) to eat voraciously

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• pettinarsi
• pettine

• spazzolare

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

• penetrati, pettinerà