sventagliare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to fan
  2. (broadly, transitive) to wave (e.g. one's hand to shoo away flies; money in someone's face; etc.)
  3. (broadly, transitive) to wag (its tail, of a dog)
  4. (transitive) to fan out, to spread
  5. (transitive, uncommon) to machine gun (a target); to fire (a repeated burst of automatic weapon fire)

Synonyms

fare aria

fare ventilare

Etymology

From s- + ventaglio + -are.

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes