folgorare

folgorare

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fulgurāre (“to flash, shine”). By surface analysis, folgore (“lightning, thunderbolt”) +‎ -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fol.ɡoˈra.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: fol‧go‧rà‧re

Verb

folgoràre (first-person singular present fólgoro, first-person singular past historic folgorài, past participle folgoràto, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive) to strike (down) (especially with lightning)
2. (transitive) to electrocute
3. (intransitive) to produce lightning [auxiliary avere]
4. (intransitive, figurative) to thunder (with words), to inveigh [auxiliary avere]
5. (intransitive) to shine, to sparkle [auxiliary avere]
6. (intransitive, figurative, literary) to act quickly [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of folgoràre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	folgoràre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		folgoràndo
present participle		folgorànte	past participle		folgoràto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	fólgoro	fólgori	fólgora	folgoriàmo	folgoràte	fólgorano
imperfect	folgoràvo	folgoràvi	folgoràva	folgoravàmo	folgoravàte	folgoràvano
past historic	folgorài	folgoràsti	folgorò	folgoràmmo	folgoràste	folgoràrono
future	folgorerò	folgorerài	folgorerà	folgorerémo	folgoreréte	folgorerànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	folgorerèi	folgorerésti	folgorerèbbe, folgorerébbe	folgorerémmo	folgoreréste	folgorerèbbero, folgorerébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	fólgori	fólgori	fólgori	folgoriàmo	folgoriàte	fólgorino
imperfect	folgoràssi	folgoràssi	folgoràsse	folgoràssimo	folgoràste	folgoràssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		fólgora	fólgori	folgoriàmo	folgoràte	fólgorino
negative imperative		nonfolgoràre	non fólgori	non folgoriàmo	non folgoràte	non fólgorino

Related terms

• folgorante
• folgoratore
• folgorazione
• folgore

Anagrams

• folgorerà, fregarolo