avvampare

Italian

Etymology

a- (“to, towards”) +‎ vampa (“heat; flame”) +‎ -are (1^st conjugation verbal suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /av.vamˈpa.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: av‧vam‧pà‧re

Verb

avvampare

1. (intransitive, auxiliary essere)
   1. to flare up, flame
   2. (by extension) to redden
   3. (by extension) to blush
   4. (by extension) to burn
   5. (figurative, literary) to flame (in violence of passion)
      • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXV, page 454, lines 82–87:

        Indi spirò: «L’amore ond’io avvampo ¶ ancor ver’ la virtù che mi seguette ¶ infin la palma e a l’uscir del campo, ¶ vuol ch’io respiri a te che ti dilette ¶ di lei; ed emmi a grato che tu diche ¶ quello che la speranza ti ’mpromette».

        Then breathed: "The love wherewith I am inflamed towards the virtue still which followed me unto the palm and issue of the field, wills that I breathe to thee that thou delight in her; and grateful to me is thy telling whatever things Hope promises to thee."

      • 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Solo e pensoso i più deserti campi”, in Il Canzoniere‎^[1], Florence: Andrea Bettini, published 1858, page 21, lines 5–8:

        Altro schermo non trovo che mi scampi ¶ Dal manifesto accorger delle genti; ¶ Perché negli atti d’allegrezza spenti ¶ Di fuor si legge com’io dentro avvampi

        I find no other defence to protect me from other people’s open notice, since in my aspect, whose joy is quenched, they see from outside how I flame within

2. (transitive, auxiliary avere):
   1. (literary) to light, set alight, kindle
   2. (literary, figurative) to kindle, arouse
   3. to singe, scorch

Derived terms

• avvampamento
• avvampatura

References

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

Anagrams

• avvamperà