balbettare

stammer

bambino babble, prattle

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balbettare v. intr. to stammer, to stutter; (del bambino che impara a parlare) to babble

◆ v.tr. to stumble over, to falter: lo scolaro balbettò la sua lezione, the schoolboy stumbled over his lesson; Tommaso balbetta un po' di tedesco, Thomas speaks broken German; balbettare una scusa, to mumble an excuse.

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[balbet'tare]

1. vt

(gen) to stammer (out), (sogg : bambino) to babble

balbettare delle scuse — to mumble an excuse

2. vi

(aus avere) (vedi vt) , to stammer; to babble

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[balbet'tare] 1.

verbo intransitivo (aus. avere)

1) (tartagliare) to stammer, to stutter, to falter

2) [bambino] to babble

2.

verbo transitivo

1) (biascicare) to babble, to splutter (out), to falter [parole, scuse]

balbettare un po' di italiano — fig. to speak broken Italian, to have a smattering of Italian

2)

balbettare le prime parole — [bambino] to babble one's first words

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balbettare

/balbet'tare/ [1]

I verbo intransitivo

 (aus. avere)

 1 (tartagliare) to stammer, to stutter, to falter

 2 [bambino] to babble

II verbo transitivo

 1 (biascicare) to babble, to splutter (out), to falter [parole, scuse]; balbettare un po' di italiano fig. to speak broken Italian, to have a smattering of Italian

 2 balbettare le prime parole [bambino] to babble one's first words.