staffare

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stafˈfa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: staf‧fà‧re

Etymology 1

From staffa (stirrup) +‎ -are.

Verb

staffàre (first-person singular present stàffo, first-person singular past historic staffài, past participle staffàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to connect, clamp or shore up with brackets
  2. (transitive, railroad) to block the movement of (a railroad/railway car) with a bracket on the tracks
  3. (intransitive, uncommon) to lose one's stirrups
  4. (intransitive, uncommon) to take one's feet out of the stirrup or stirrups
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Spanish: estafar

Etymology 2

From staff (staff) +‎ -are.

Verb

staffàre (first-person singular present stàffo, first-person singular past historic staffài, past participle staffàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive, anglicism) to recruit staff (for a company)
Conjugation

Further reading

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

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