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Italian
Etymology
From so- + fermare.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sof.ferˈma.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: sof‧fer‧mà‧re
Verb
soffermàre (first-person singular present sofférmo, first-person singular past historic soffermài, past participle soffermàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to suspend (a movement, walk, etc.)
- soffermare il passo ― to stop walking (literally, “to suspend the stride”)
- to keep (one's look, mind, attention, etc.)
ho soffermato lo sguardo sulla maestra- I stared at the teacher
- (literally, “I kept my look on the teacher”)
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References
- ^ soffermare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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