allungare

Italian

Etymology

From a- + lungo + -are or from a Vulgar Latin root *allongāre, from ad + Late Latin longāre (cf. also elongāre), from Latin longus. Compare French allonger.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al.lunˈɡa.re/
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  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: al‧lun‧gà‧re

Verb

allungàre (first-person singular present allùngo, first-person singular past historic allungài, past participle allungàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to lengthen
  2. to stretch out
  3. to pass, to hand
  4. to dilute, to water down

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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