tentacolare

== Italian == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French tentaculaire. By surface analysis, tentacolo (“tentacle”) +‎ -are (adjective-forming suffix). ==== Adjective ==== tentacolare m or f by sense (plural tentacolari) tentacular sprawling (figurative, by extension) that expands more and more its power or influence; powerful === Etymology 2 === First attested in 1921. ==== Verb ==== tentacolàre (first-person singular present tentàcolo, first-person singular past historic tentacolài, past participle tentacolàto, auxiliary avére) (rare) (transitive) to wrap with tentacles (intransitive) to sprawl [auxiliary avere] ===== Conjugation =====