chiacchierare
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
In part onomatopoeic, but cannot be separated from Old French claquer (“clap, clack, clatter”), which is ultimately from Proto-Germanic *klakōną (“to clap, chirp”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
chiacchieràre (first-person singular present chiàcchiero, first-person singular past historic chiacchierài, past participle chiacchieràto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive) [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of chiacchieràre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms[edit]
Related terms
References[edit]
- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “chiacchierare”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati