balbettare

== Italian == === Etymology === From Late Latin balbitāre (cf. also balbūtīre), a derivative of balbāre, from Latin balbus (“stammering”). Compare French balbutier. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bal.betˈta.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: bal‧bet‧tà‧re === Verb === balbettàre (first-person singular present balbétto, first-person singular past historic balbettài, past participle balbettàto, auxiliary avére) (ambitransitive) to stammer [auxiliary avere] (intransitive) to babble [auxiliary avere] (of a baby) (intransitive, figurative) to emerge; to be nascent [auxiliary avere] (of a science, philosophy, etc.) (intransitive, nautical) to luff (to shake) [auxiliary avere] (transitive) to speak a little bit of (a foreign language) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== balbettio balbuziente === References === === Anagrams === abbatterle, balbetterà