frotter

Senso (Inglese)

1. to rub, chafe
2. to scrub, scour
3. to scrape
4. to stone
5. (informal) to rub (someone) in the wrong way, to get on (someone)'s bad side

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/fʁɔ.te/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Middle French frotter, from Old French froter (“to stroke, wipe, rub”), of uncertain origin. Generally assumed to be from Latin frictāre , present active infinitive of frictō, frequentative of fricō through its past participle frictus (“rubbed”).