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cinguettare

to chirp

verb chin-gwet-TAH-reh Rare
Animals & Nature Birds

Also means

to tweet

Usage Note

Cinguettare imitates the sound of small birds, and by extension it is used colloquially for light, rapid chatter or — informally — for posting on social media (from Twitter/cinguettio). It takes avere as its auxiliary. The noun form cinguettio means a chirping sound.

Examples

"Gli uccellini cinguettavano sul ramo ogni mattina."

Natural Translation

The little birds chirped on the branch every morning.

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