soffiare

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin sufflāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sofˈfja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sof‧fià‧re
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Verb

soffiàre (first-person singular present sóffio, first-person singular past historic soffiài, past participle soffiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to blow
  2. (transitive, glassmaking) to blow (glass)
  3. (intransitive) to pant
  4. (transitive, figurative) to whisper, to say in secret
  5. (transitive, figurative) to insinuate
  6. (transitive or intransitive, figurative, colloquial) to blurt out (to the authorities), to blab, to snitch, to spill the beans, to sing
  7. (transitive) to capture (a piece)
  8. (transitive, informal) to steal, to pinch
  9. (transitive, informal) to poach (someone's boyfriend or girlfriend)
  10. (intransitive, zoology) to hiss (cat)
    Un gatto può soffiare quando un ospite sconosciuto viene in casa. ― A cat can hiss when unknown guest comes to the house.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of soffiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive soffiàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund soffiàndo
present participle soffiànte past participle soffiàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present sóffio sóffi sóffia soffiàmo soffiàte sóffiano
imperfect soffiàvo soffiàvi soffiàva soffiavàmo soffiavàte soffiàvano
past historic soffiài soffiàsti soffiò soffiàmmo soffiàste soffiàrono
future soffierò soffierài soffierà soffierémo soffieréte soffierànno
conditional soffierèi soffierésti soffierèbbe, soffierébbe soffierémmo soffieréste soffierèbbero, soffierébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present sóffi sóffi sóffi soffiàmo soffiàte sóffino
imperfect soffiàssi soffiàssi soffiàsse soffiàssimo soffiàste soffiàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
sóffia sóffi soffiàmo soffiàte sóffino
negative imperative non soffiàre non sóffi non soffiàmo non soffiàte non sóffino

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