soffiare
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin sufflāre.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]soffiàre (first-person singular present sóffio, first-person singular past historic soffiài, past participle soffiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive or intransitive) to blow [auxiliary avere]
- (transitive, glassmaking) to blow (glass)
- (intransitive) to pant [auxiliary avere]
- (transitive, figurative) to whisper, to say in secret
- (transitive, figurative) to insinuate
- (transitive or intransitive, figurative, colloquial) to blurt out (to the authorities), to blab, to snitch, to spill the beans, to sing
- (transitive) to capture (a piece)
- (transitive, informal) to steal, to pinch
- (transitive, informal) to poach (someone's boyfriend or girlfriend)
- (intransitive, zoology) to hiss (cat)
- Un gatto può soffiare quando un ospite sconosciuto viene in casa. ― A cat can hiss when unknown guest comes to the house.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of soffiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
| infinitive | soffiàre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| auxiliary verb | avére | gerund | soffiàndo | |||
| present participle | soffiànte | past participle | soffiàto | |||
| person | singular | plural | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
| present | sóffio | sóffi | sóffia | soffiàmo | soffiàte | sóffiano |
| imperfect | soffiàvo | soffiàvi | soffiàva | soffiavàmo | soffiavàte | soffiàvano |
| past historic | soffiài | soffiàsti | soffiò | soffiàmmo | soffiàste | soffiàrono |
| future | soffierò | soffierài | soffierà | soffierémo | soffieréte | soffierànno |
| conditional | soffierèi | soffierésti | soffierèbbe, soffierébbe | soffierémmo | soffieréste | soffierèbbero, soffierébbero |
| subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
| present | sóffi | sóffi | sóffi | soffiàmo | soffiàte | sóffino |
| imperfect | soffiàssi | soffiàssi | soffiàsse | soffiàssimo | soffiàste | soffiàssero |
| imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
| sóffia | sóffi | soffiàmo | soffiàte | sóffino | ||
| negative imperative | non soffiàre | non sóffi | non soffiàmo | non soffiàte | non sóffino | |
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