picchiando

hitting, beating

→ picchiare
picchi to hit, to beat up + ando present participle
verb · present tense Rare #42,198
hitting, beating The form used after *stare* in a progressive construction, as in *sta picchiando* (“is hitting”).
IT: Il ragazzo sta picchiando suo fratello.
EN: The boy is hitting his brother.
Conjugation of picchiare
Present
picchiando

Tom mi sta picchiando.

Tom is hitting me.

Mamma, Mary mi sta picchiando!

Mom, Mary is hitting me!

Tom sta picchiando Mary.

Tom is hitting Mary.

Eppure vieni qui, picchiando donne e bambini.

Yet you come here, beating women and children.

— Il vento che accarezza l'erba (2006)

Guarda come stanno picchiando il poveretto.

Look at how they're beating the poor guy.

— मुन्ना भाई एम बी बी एस (2003)