telefonata etymology

Italian word telefonata comes from Italian telefonare, Italian -ata

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Detailed word origin of telefonata

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
telefonare Italian (ita) (intransitive, or transitive with a) to telephone (someone); to make a phone call.
-ata Italian (ita) (rare) Used as an intensifier.. Used to form collective nouns.. Used to form nouns, derived from nouns with a negative connotation, expressing an action.. Used to form verbal nouns, derived from regular -are verbs, expressing an instance of the action expressed by the verb.. Used to form words, derived from nouns, corresponding to -ful (as much as something will hold).. Used to form words, [...]
telefonata Italian (ita) A phone call.

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