boccheggiare

== Italian == === Etymology === From bocca (“mouth”) +‎ -eggiare. === Verb === boccheggiàre (first-person singular present bocchéggio, first-person singular past historic boccheggiài, past participle boccheggiàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive) to fight for breath; to gasp; to pant [auxiliary avere] Synonym: ansimare to be dying; to draw in one's last breaths Synonyms: essere in fin di vita, agonizzare, rantolare (figurative, by extension) to find oneself in grave difficulty; to struggle ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== boccheggiante === Further reading === boccheggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === boccheggerai