montare in cattedra

Italian

Alternative forms

• stare in cattedra
• sedere in cattedra
• salire in cattedra

Etymology

Literally, “mount in professorship.” Compare French monter en chaire.

Verb

montàre in cattedra (first-person singular present mónto in cattedra, first-person singular past historic montài in cattedra, past participle montàto in cattedra, auxiliary èssere)

1. (idiomatic) to speak in a professorial, presumptuous, and dogmatic way; to pontificate