Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
avvallare. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
avvallare, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
avvallare in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
avvallare you have here. The definition of the word
avvallare will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
avvallare, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Italian
Etymology
From a- + valle + -are.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /av.valˈla.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: av‧val‧là‧re
Verb
avvallàre (first-person singular present avvàllo, first-person singular past historic avvallài, past participle avvallàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (literally, transitive) to send to the valley
- (by extension, transitive) to send down
- (by extension, transitive) to sink (the terrain, a road, etc.), to cause to sink
- Synonyms: affondare, abbassare, sprofondare
- (archaic or literary, transitive) to lower (one's hood, head, etc.)
- (archaic or literary, transitive) to turn (one's eyes, etc.) towards the ground
- (archaic, figurative, transitive) to humiliate, to demean
- Synonyms: umiliare, avvilire
- (archaic, figurative, transitive) to swallow
- (literary, intransitive) to go down, to descend
Conjugation
Derived terms
Anagrams