badaluccare

== Italian == === Etymology === From badalucco (“skirmish; pastime”) +‎ -are. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.da.lukˈka.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: ba‧da‧luc‧cà‧re === Verb === badaluccàre (first-person singular present badalùcco, first-person singular past historic badaluccài, past participle badaluccàto, auxiliary avére) (archaic, intransitive) to keep an enemy in check through skirmishes [auxiliary avere] to dillydally, to waste time [auxiliary avere] Synonyms: gingillarsi, indugiare ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === badaluccare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana