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单词 affocare
释义

affocare

Italian

Alternative forms

  • affuocare (less preferred)

Etymology

From a- (to, towards) + foco (alternative form of fuoco (fire)) + -are (1st-conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /af.foˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: af‧fo‧cà‧re

Verb

affocàre (first-person singular present affuòco or (poetic) affòco, first-person singular past historic affocài, past participle affocàto, auxiliary avére) (literary)

  1. (transitive) to burn
    • early 14th century, Dante, “Canto VIII”, in Inferno, lines 73–75:
      [] Ed ei mi disse: « Il foco etterno
      ch’entro l’affoca le dimostra rosse,
      come tu vedi in questo basso inferno ».
      And he told me: "The eternal fire that kindles them within makes them look red, as you see in this nether Hell."
    Synonyms: bruciare, incendiare
  2. (transitive) to make red hot
    Synonym: arroventare
  3. (transitive, figurative) to inflame, to excite
    Synonyms: eccitare, infiammare

Conjugation

Further reading

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