sfogare

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Italian

Etymology

From s- +‎ foga +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sfoˈɡa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sfo‧gà‧re

Verb

sfogàre (first-person singular present sfògo or (traditional) sfógo[1], first-person singular past historic sfogài, past participle sfogàto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to flow out, escape (of a gas or fluid)
  2. (transitive) to manifest, to unleash (anger, hatred, one's temper, etc.)
  3. (intransitive, figurative) to vent, to manifest (e.g. of popular anger)
  4. (intransitive) to run its course (of a sickness)

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ sfogo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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