raffare

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Italian

Etymology

Clipping of arraffare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rafˈfa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: raf‧fà‧re

Verb

raffàre (first-person singular present ràffo, first-person singular past historic raffài, past participle raffàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (sports, bocce, intransitive) to throw a boule on the ground to either hit another boule or the jack-ball
  2. (archaic, transitive) Alternative form of arraffare (“to snatch; to steal”)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of raffàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive raffàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund raffàndo
present participle raffànte past participle raffàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present ràffo ràffi ràffa raffiàmo raffàte ràffano
imperfect raffàvo raffàvi raffàva raffavàmo raffavàte raffàvano
past historic raffài raffàsti raffò raffàmmo raffàste raffàrono
future rafferò rafferài rafferà rafferémo rafferéte rafferànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present rafferèi rafferésti rafferèbbe, rafferébbe rafferémmo rafferéste rafferèbbero, rafferébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present ràffi ràffi ràffi raffiàmo raffiàte ràffino
imperfect raffàssi raffàssi raffàsse raffàssimo raffàste raffàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
ràffa ràffi raffiàmo raffàte ràffino
negative imperative non raffàre non ràffi non raffiàmo non raffàte non ràffino

Further reading

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

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