bestemmiare

== Italian == === Alternative forms === biastemmare, biastemmiare (archaic) === Etymology === Blend of biastemmiare (archaic form) +‎ bestia (“beast”). The former derives from Late Latin blastēmāre (variant of blasphēmāre). Doublet of blasfemare and biasimare. Compare Sicilian jastimijari, Romanian blestemare. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bes.temˈmja.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: be‧stem‧mià‧re === Verb === bestemmiàre (first-person singular present bestémmio, first-person singular past historic bestemmiài, past participle bestemmiàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive) to blaspheme (intransitive) to commit blasphemy [auxiliary avere] (transitive, by extension) to curse (intransitive, by extension) to curse, to swear, to cuss [auxiliary avere] (intransitive, by extension) to express erroneous judgments, to rant [auxiliary avere] (transitive, by extension) to offend, to insult (intransitive, by extension) to get angry [auxiliary avere] (transitive, figurative) to butcher (a language) (transitive, figurative) to revile ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== bestemmia bestemmiatore === References === Accademia della Crusca (1729–1738), “biastemmare e biastemmiare”, in Vocabolario degli accademici della Crusca (in Italian), 4 edition – on www.lessicografia.it bestemmiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === bestemmierà