elemosinare

Meaning

1. (intransitive) to beg, to panhandle
2. (transitive) to beg for (alms, a dollar, etc.)
3. (figuratively, transitive) to scrounge

Concepts

beg

cadge

panhandle

live by begging

Synonyms

mendicare

accattare

captare

chiedere l’elemosina

Translations

mendier

betteln

pedir limosna

mendigar

mendigar

bitten

pedir

ζητιανεύω

quémander

pidolar

captar

anbetteln

اِسْتعْطى

erbetteln

اِسْتجْدى

Hyphenated as

e‧le‧mo‧si‧nà‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/e.le.mo.ziˈna.re/

Etymology

From elemosina (“charity, alms”) + -are.