ammainare

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Italian

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *invāgīnāre, from vāgīna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /am.majˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: am‧mai‧nà‧re

Verb

ammainàre (first-person singular present ammàino, first-person singular past historic ammainài, past participle ammainàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, nautical) to lower, to strike (a flag)
    ammainare le vele/la bandierato retire (from a company)
  2. (transitive, nautical) to stow (a sail, etc.)
  3. (intransitive) to stow the sails

Conjugation

Further reading

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

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