fulminare

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See also: fulminaré

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin fulmināre. By surface analysis, fulmine (lightning) +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ful.miˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ful‧mi‧nà‧re

Verb

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fulminàre (first-person singular present fùlmino, first-person singular past historic fulminài, past participle fulminàto, auxiliary avére or (alternatively when impersonal) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to strike by lightning
  2. (transitive) to freeze or paralyze (someone) by looking at them
    Synonyms: folgorare, gelare, colpire, annichilire, raggelare, paralizzare
    • 2013, F. Scott Fitzgerald, translated by Ferruccio Russo, Il Grande Gatsby [The Great Gatsby], Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, page 113:
      Gatsby, pallido come la morte, con le mani gettate come pesi nelle tasche della giacca, se ne stava in piedi in una pozza d’acqua fulminandomi tragicamente con gli occhi.
      Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was standing in a puddle of water glaring tragically into my eyes.
      (literally, “Gatsby, pale like death, with his hands thrown like weights in the jacket's pockets, was standing in a puddle of water, paralyzing me tragically with his eyes.”)
  3. (transitive) to electrocute
    Synonym: folgorare
  4. (transitive) to strike violently and with precision
    lo fulminò con un destro alla mascella
    he struck him with a right hand to the jaw
  5. (intransitive, impersonal) (to) there be lightning [auxiliary essere or avere]
    ha tuonato e fulminato tutta la notte
    it thundered and there was lightning all night
  6. (intransitive, archaic) to move quickly and forcefully

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Latin

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fulmināre

  1. inflection of fulminō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Spanish

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Verb

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fulminare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of fulminar