scherzare
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Lombardic *skerzan (“to jump merrily, enjoy oneself, jest”) from Proto-Germanic *skertaną (“to hop, jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (“to dance, jump”). Akin to Middle High German scherzen (“to frolic, jump merrily, hop up and down”) (German scherzen (“to joke”); Scherz (“joke, sport”)), Norwegian skjerta (“to joke”). More at scherzo.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]scherzàre (first-person singular present schérzo, first-person singular past historic scherzài, past participle scherzàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to joke, to kid, to jest, to be funny [auxiliary avere]
- Stai scherzando! ― You are joking!
- (intransitive, literary) to frolic, to gambol [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of scherzàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
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