pisolare

Italian

Etymology

From an older adjective pesolo (hanging),[1] from Latin pēnsilis.[2]

Verb

pisolàre (first-person singular present pìsolo, first-person singular past historic pisolài, past participle pisolàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive, informal) to nap or doze [auxiliary avere]
    Synonyms: dormicchiare, sonnecchiare

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Bavarian: büsln

References

  1. pisolare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “pisolare”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

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