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Italian
Etymology
From a- (“towards”) + freddo (“cold”) + -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /af.fredˈda.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: af‧fred‧dà‧re
Verb
affreddàre (first-person singular present affréddo, first-person singular past historic affreddài, past participle affreddàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere) (archaic or regional)
- (transitive) Alternative form of raffreddare (“to cool down, to make cold or colder”)
- (intransitive) Alternative form of raffreddare (“to cool down, to get cold or colder”)
Conjugation
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
Derived terms
Further reading
- affreddare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana