abballottare

Italian

Etymology

a- + ballotta + -are

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ab.bal.lotˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Stress: abballottàre
  • Hyphenation: ab‧bal‧lot‧ta‧re

Verb

abballottare

  1. (transitive, rare) to toss, jolt, bob
    • 1883, Carlo Collodi, “Capitolo 24”, in Le avventure di Pinocchio [The Adventures of Pinocchio], published 1892, page 121:
      Allora fece di tutto per arrivare a quella spiaggia: ma inutilmente. Le onde, rincorrendosi e accavallandosi, se lo abballottavano fra di loro, come se fosse stato un fuscello o un filo di paglia.
      He then tried everything to get to that shore, but fruitlessly. The waves, running after each other and overlapping, jolted him around among themselves, as if he were a twig or a straw.
  2. (transitive) To handle without care.

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Derived terms

References

  • abballottare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • abballottare in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti
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