sferrare

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Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *exferrāre. By surface analysis, s- +‎ ferro (“horseshoe”), ferri (“shackles”) +‎ -are. Cognate with Sicilian sfirrari.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sferˈra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sfer‧rà‧re

Verb

sferràre (first-person singular present sfèrro, first-person singular past historic sferrài, past participle sferràto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to throw, hurl (with force yet precision)
    Synonyms: tirare, scagliare, mollare, appioppare
    sferrare un pugno ― to throw a punch
    1. (figurative) to launch, unleash (an attack)
      sferrare un attacco ― to launch an attack
  2. (transitive, farriery) to unshoe (a horse)
    Antonym: ferrare
  3. (transitive) to unshackle (a prisoner)
    Synonyms: scatenare, liberare
    Antonym: incatenare
    1. (figurative) to unshackle; to remove restrictions from
      Synonym: liberare
  4. (nautical, of an anchor) to lose the grip and start to "plough" (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
  5. (reflexive) See sferrarsi.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sferràre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive sferràre
auxiliary verb avére gerund sferràndo
present participle sferrànte past participle sferràto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present sfèrro sfèrri sfèrra sferriàmo sferràte sfèrrano
imperfect sferràvo sferràvi sferràva sferravàmo sferravàte sferràvano
past historic sferrài sferràsti sferrò sferràmmo sferràste sferràrono
future sferrerò sferrerài sferrerà sferrerémo sferreréte sferrerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present sferrerèi sferrerésti sferrerèbbe, sferrerébbe sferrerémmo sferreréste sferrerèbbero, sferrerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present sfèrri sfèrri sfèrri sferriàmo sferriàte sfèrrino
imperfect sferràssi sferràssi sferràsse sferràssimo sferràste sferràssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
sfèrra sfèrri sferriàmo sferràte sfèrrino
negative imperative non sferràre non sfèrri non sferriàmo non sferràte non sfèrrino

Derived terms

References

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

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