flagellare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flagellāre, probably borrowed.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fla.d͡ʒelˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: fla‧gel‧là‧re

Verb

flagellàre (first-person singular present flagèllo, first-person singular past historic flagellài, past participle flagellàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to whip, flog or scourge
  2. (by extension) to beat repetitively
  3. (figurative) to condemn
  4. (literary) to torment, to persecute

Conjugation

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

flagellāre

  1. inflection of flagellō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
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