tentennare

== Italian == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin tintinnāre (“to ring, jingle intermittently”), frequentative of tinnīre (“to ring”), whence Italian tinnire. Cognate to Neapolitan ndennare, Old French tantiner. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ten.tenˈna.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: ten‧ten‧nà‧re === Verb === tentennàre (first-person singular present tenténno, first-person singular past historic tentennài, past participle tentennàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive) to totter, to stagger [auxiliary avere] (intransitive) to hesitate [auxiliary avere] (transitive) to swing, to shake slightly ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== tentennare il capo tentennatore ==== Related terms ==== tentennamento === Anagrams === tentennerà