folgorare

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Italian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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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

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Anagrams

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