bordeggiare
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
bordeggiàre (first-person singular present bordéggio, first-person singular past historic bordeggiài, past participle bordeggiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive, nautical) to tack [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive) to beat (of the heart)
- (intransitive, figurative, uncommon) to make one's way through obstacles
- (intransitive, figurative, uncommon) to beat around the bush
- (transitive) to border
- (transitive, nautical) to skirt
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of bordeggiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Further reading[edit]
- bordeggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana