infuocare
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From in- + fuoco + -are, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *infocāre, from Latin focus.[1] Compare Sicilian nfucari , Neapolitan nfucare, Spanish and Portuguese enfogar, Romanian înfoca.
Verb
infuocare
- (transitive) to heat until red hot
- (transitive) to excite, agitate, enrage
Conjugation
Related terms
References
- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “infuocare”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati