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Italian
Etymology
From a- + lungo + -are or from a Vulgar Latin root *allongāre, from ad + Late Latin longāre (cf. also elongāre), from Latin longus. Compare French allonger.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.lunˈɡa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: al‧lun‧gà‧re
Verb
allungàre (first-person singular present allùngo, first-person singular past historic allungài, past participle allungàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to lengthen
- to stretch out
- to pass, to hand
- to dilute, to water down
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Further reading
- allungare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana