baluginare

== Italian == === Etymology === Uncertain. Perhaps from ba- +‎ luce (“light”) +‎ -ino +‎ -are. The voicing of -c- is common in Tuscan (compare fagiolo, piagente, brage). The prefix ba(r)- would be a dialectal variant of bis-, here in the sense of “imperfectly” (compare barlume (“glimmer”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.lu.d͡ʒiˈna.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: ba‧lu‧gi‧nà‧re === Verb === baluginàre (first-person singular present balùgino, first-person singular past historic baluginài, past participle baluginàto, auxiliary èssere) (originally dialectal) (intransitive, usually) to flash or flicker (appear ad disappear rapidly) (of light) Synonyms: balenare, guizzare, lampeggiare, scintillare (figurative, intransitive) to come to mind suddenly, and sometimes unclearly [with a] Synonyms: balenare, lampeggiare, presentarsi all'improvviso ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== baluginio, baluginamento sbaluginare abbaluginare (unlikely) balenare === References === === Further reading === baluginare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana baluginare in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication === Anagrams === baluginerà