affollare

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /af.folˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: af‧fol‧là‧re

Etymology 1

From a- + folla (crowd, mob) + -are.

Verb

affollàre (first-person singular present affòllo or (traditional) affóllo[1], first-person singular past historic affollài, past participle affollàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to fill with a crowd, to pack, to cram
    Synonym: gremire
  2. (figurative) to oppress, to overwhelm
  3. (figurative) to fill
    Synonym: riempire
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Latin follis (bellows).

Verb

affollàre (first-person singular present affòllo, first-person singular past historic affollài, past participle affollàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)

  1. (archaic) to pant, to gasp, to wheeze
Conjugation

References

  1. affollo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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