Italian

Verb

blatero

1. first-person singular present indicative of blaterare

Anagrams

• Alberto

Latin

Etymology

The first element seems to derive from Proto-Indo-European *balb- (like Latin balbus, with a change from *bal- to *bla-).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbla.te.roː/

Verb

blaterō ‎(present infinitive blaterāre, perfect active blaterāvi, supine blāterum); first conjugation

1. I babble, I speak foolishly or in an animalistic manner
2. (of a frog) I croak

Conjugation

Derived terms

• deblaterō

Descendants

• French: blatérer
• Italian: blaterare
• Old Portuguese: braadar
• Portuguese: bradar

References

• blatero in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• blatero in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “blatero”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.