affollare

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /af.folˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: af‧fol‧là‧re

Etymology 1

From a- +‎ folla (crowd, mob) +‎ -are.

Verb

affollàre (first-person singular present affòllo or (traditional) affóllo[1], first-person singular past historic affollài, past participle affollàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to fill with a crowd, to pack, to cram
    Synonym: gremire
  2. (figurative) to oppress, to overwhelm
  3. (figurative) to fill
    Synonym: riempire
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Latin follis (bellows).

Verb

affollàre (first-person singular present affòllo, first-person singular past historic affollài, past participle affollàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)

  1. (archaic) to pant, to gasp, to wheeze
Conjugation

References

  1. ^ affollo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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