Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /am.mo.iˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: am‧mo‧i‧nà‧re

Etymology 1

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From moina +‎ -are.

Verb

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ammoinàre (first-person singular present ammoìno, first-person singular past historic ammoinài, past participle ammoinàto, auxiliary avére) (archaic, rare)

  1. to cajole, to coax
  2. to flatter
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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ammoinàre (first-person singular present ammoìno, first-person singular past historic ammoinài, past participle ammoinàto, auxiliary avére) (rare)

  1. (regional, Naples) Alternative form of ammuinare (to annoy, to bother)
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Anagrams

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Neapolitan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish amohinar.

Verb

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ammoinare

  1. to confuse, put in turmoil
  2. to disturb, bother, trouble

Derived terms

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References

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  • Riccio, Giovanna (2005) Ispanismi nel dialetto napoletano, Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 36[1]
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “ammoinare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano