far vacillare il tavolo

vacillare v. intr.

1 to totter, to wobble; to stagger, to reel; to be unsteady: la lampada vacillò e cadde, the lamp wobbled and fell; l'urto violento lo fece vacillare, the violent impact made him reel (o stagger); camminare vacillando, to stagger; vacillare per l'ubriachezza, to stagger with drunkenness; vacilla sulle gambe, he is shaky (o groggy) on his legs; entrare, uscire vacillando, to stagger (o to reel o to lurch) in, to stagger (o to reel o to lurch) out // far vacillare il tavolo, to shake the table

2 (di luce, fiamma) to flicker

3 (fig.) to vacillate, to waver, to be undecided; to be uncertain; to shilly-shally; le sue convinzioni cominciano a vacillare, his convictions begin to waver; la memoria mi vacilla, my memory is failing

4 (fig.) ( essere in crisi) to be about to collapse; ( di trono) to totter: la monarchia vacillava, the monarchy was about to collapse.

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verbo intransitivo (aus. avere)

1) (barcollare) [ persona] to totter, to stagger, to waver; [ pila di libri] to topple, to totter, to wobble

2) (oscillare) [luce, fiamma] to flicker, to waver

3) fig. [ memoria] to fail; [fede, coraggio] to waver; [ regime] to totter

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vacillare

/vat∫il'lare/ [1]

verbo intransitivo

(aus. avere)

 1 (barcollare) [ persona] to totter, to stagger, to waver; [ pila di libri] to topple, to totter, to wobble

 2 (oscillare) [luce, fiamma] to flicker, to waver

 3 fig. [ memoria] to fail; [fede, coraggio] to waver; [ regime] to totter.

1. v/t culla rock

testa nod

2. v/i sway

( oscillare) swing

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dondolare v.tr.

1 to swing*, to sway, to dangle: dondolare le braccia, le gambe, to swing one's arms, one's legs; dondolare i piedi, to dangle one's feet

2 ( cullare) to rock; ( scuotere) to shake*: dondolare una culla, to rock a cradle // far dondolare una sedia, to rock a chair

◆ v. intr. to rock, to swing*; to shake*; ( vacillare) to be loose, to wobble: una lampada dondolava dal soffitto, a lamp was swinging from the ceiling; il ponticello dondolò sotto il pesante carico, the small bridge shook under the heavy load; quel tavolo dondola, that table is wobbly; mi dondola un dente, I have a loose tooth; la barca dondolava dolcemente sull'acqua, the boat was bobbing up and down on the water.

◘ dondolarsi v.rifl.

1 to swing*: dondolare sulle gambe, to rock on one's feet

2 ( su di una sedia, un'altalena ecc.) to rock (oneself): una vecchietta si dondolava vicino al camino, an old woman was sitting rocking herself by the fire

3 (fig.) ( oziare) to lounge (about), to idle: passa le giornate a dondolare, he spends his days loafing (o lounging) about.

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1. vt

(sedia) to rock, (ciondolare: corda, gambe) to dangle

2. vi

(aus avere) (barca) to rock, sway, (altalena) to sway, (corda, lampadario) to swing (to and fro)

3. vr (dondolarsi)

(su sedia) to rock (backwards and forwards), (su altalena) to swing (backwards and forwards)

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verbo transitivo

1) (cullare) to rock, to lull [ bambino]

2) (fare oscillare)

verbo intransitivo (aus. avere) [corda, trapezio] to swing*; [ barca] to rock

verbo pronominale dondolarsi [persona, animale] to sway

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dondolare

/dondo'lare/ [1]

I verbo transitivo

 1 (cullare) to rock, to lull [ bambino]

 2 (fare oscillare) dondolare le gambe to swing one's legs

II verbo intransitivo

 (aus. avere) [corda, trapezio] to swing*; [ barca] to rock

III dondolarsi verbo pronominale

 [persona, animale] to sway; - rsi sulla sedia to rock on one's chair.