sobillare

Italian

Alternative forms

  • sobbillare (popular)
  • subillare, subbillare (archaic)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *subilāre, from Latin sībilāre. sibilare and zufolare.

Continued influence from the prefix so- < Latin sub- may have prevented fricativization of the original /-b-/.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /so.bilˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: so‧bil‧là‧re

Verb

sobillàre (first-person singular present sobìllo, first-person singular past historic sobillài, past participle sobillàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to stir up or incite (especially covertly)
  2. (transitive) to instigate, to incite to rebellion or violent action

Conjugation

References

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

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