solletico

See also: solleticò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /solˈle.ti.ko/, /solˈlɛ.ti.ko/[1]
  • Rhymes: -etiko, -ɛtiko
  • Hyphenation: sol‧lé‧ti‧co, sol‧lè‧ti‧co

Etymology 1

Deverbal from solleticare +‎ -o.

Noun

solletico m (plural solletichi)

  1. tickling, tingling
  2. itch (teasing desire)
    il solletico dell'ambizione ― the itch of ambition
  3. small effect; nothing; used to indicate that a given action, words, etc. does not affect the speaker
    le tue minacce mi fanno il solletico
    your threats don't scare me
    (literally, “have little effect on me”)

Etymology 2

Verb

solletico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of solleticare

References

  1. ^ solletico in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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