-ficare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin -ficāre, apophonic compound form of faciō (to do, make).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fiˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: -fi‧cà‧re

Suffix

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-ficàre (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -fico, first-person singular past historic -ficài, past participle -ficàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. -ify

Usage notes

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  • In stem-stressed forms, the stress is on the antepenultimate vowel (the one preceding the -fic- suffix), e.g. io classìfico "I classify".

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Latin

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Verb

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-ficāre

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