sviolinare

Italian

Etymology

Back-formation from sviolinata.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zvi.o.liˈna.re/, /zvjo.liˈna.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: svi‧o‧li‧nà‧re, svio‧li‧nà‧re

Verb

sviolinàre (first-person singular present sviolìno, first-person singular past historic sviolinài, past participle sviolinàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, colloquial, humorous) to flatter, to sweet-talk
    Synonym: adulare

Conjugation

References

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

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