arrostare

== Italian == === Etymology === From a- +‎ rosta (“bundle of twigs used as a fan, e.g. for driving away flies”) +‎ -are. === Verb === arrostàre (first-person singular present arròsto, first-person singular past historic arrostài, past participle arrostàto, auxiliary avére) (archaic, transitive) to shake (a whip, one's tail, etc.) as if waving a rosta to drive away (mosquitoes, flies, etc.) with a rosta, or with the hands ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== arrostarsi === Further reading === arrostare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === arrosterà, raso terra, rasoterra