nfocare

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin infocāre. By surface analysis, n- (“in”) +‎ fuoco (“fire”) +‎ -are (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation
  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ɱfuˈka]

Verb

nfocare

  1. to heat up (something)
  2. to set on fire
  3. to incite, provoke
  4. to rekindle

Derived terms

References
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “nfocare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano
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