affrenare

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Italian

Etymology

From a- +‎ freno +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /af.freˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: af‧fre‧nà‧re

Verb

affrenàre (first-person singular present affréno or affrèno[1], first-person singular past historic affrenài, past participle affrenàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive, literary)

  1. to brake (a vehicle); to restrain (a horse)
    Synonyms: frenare, trattenere
  2. (figurative) to moderate, to curb

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References

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

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