afflare

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Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin afflāre, present active indicative of afflō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /afˈfla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: af‧flà‧re

Verb

afflàre (first-person singular present àfflo, first-person singular past historic afflài, past participle afflàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (literary, obsolete) to snort, to exhale, to emit
    Synonym: soffiare
    • 1504, Jacopo Sannazaro, Arcadia‎, published 1553, page 89:
      Ecco al mover de rami il riconosco:
      Che torna a l’ombra pien d’orgoglio e d’ira
      Co’l naso adunco afflando amaro tosco.
      Now, in the movement of the branches, I recognize him, going back to the shadows, filled with pride and wrath, snorting bitter poison from his crooked nose.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of afflàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive afflàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund afflàndo
present participle afflànte past participle afflàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present àfflo àffli àffla affliàmo afflàte àfflano
imperfect afflàvo afflàvi afflàva afflavàmo afflavàte afflàvano
past historic afflài afflàsti afflò afflàmmo afflàste afflàrono
future afflerò afflerài afflerà afflerémo affleréte afflerànno
conditional afflerèi afflerésti afflerèbbe, afflerébbe afflerémmo affleréste afflerèbbero, afflerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present àffli àffli àffli affliàmo affliàte àfflino
imperfect afflàssi afflàssi afflàsse afflàssimo afflàste afflàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
àffla àffli affliàmo afflàte àfflino
negative imperative non afflàre non àffli non affliàmo non afflàte non àfflino

Further reading

  • afflare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Verb

afflāre

  1. inflection of afflō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
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