zaffare

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */d͡zafˈfa.re/, (traditional) */t͡safˈfa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: zaf‧fà‧re

Etymology 1

Verb

zaffàre (first-person singular present zàffo, first-person singular past historic zaffài, past participle zaffàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to plug, to stopper (a bottle)
  2. (transitive, nautical) to plug (a leak) (especially in an improvised fashion)
  3. (transitive, medicine) to plug (a wound)
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Etymology 2

Verb

zaffàre (first-person singular present zàffo, first-person singular past historic zaffài, past participle zaffàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive, obsolete)

  1. to catch, to grab
  2. to stop
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