formicolare

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Italian

Etymology

From the variant formicola of formica (ant) +‎ -are (1st conjugation suffix). Cf. also French fourmiller.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /for.mi.koˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: for‧mi‧co‧là‧re

Verb

formicolàre (first-person singular present formìcolo, first-person singular past historic formicolài, past participle formicolàto, auxiliary avére or èssere)

  1. (intransitive) to swarm (with)
  2. (intransitive) to be crawling (with)
  3. (intransitive) to tingle (with), to have a sensation of pins and needles

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