affannare

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affannare (vai alla coniugazione)

  1. causare affanno, ovvero rendere la respirazione di qualcuno breve, rapida e difficoltosa
  2. (per estensione) causare ansia, agitazione, preoccupazione
af | fan | nà | re
  • IPA: /af.fanˈna.re/

dal franco-provenzale (occitano antico) afanar, a sua volta di origine incerta; forse da un lemma in latino volgare o forse da una parola in arabo moresco

causare difficoltà respiratorie