folgorare
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin fulgurāre (“to flash, shine”). By surface analysis, folgore (“lightning, thunderbolt”) + -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
folgoràre (first-person singular present fólgoro, first-person singular past historic folgorài, past participle folgoràto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to strike (down) (especially with lightning)
- (transitive) to electrocute
- (intransitive) to produce lightning [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive, figurative) to thunder (with words), to inveigh [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive) to shine, to sparkle [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive, figurative, literary) to act quickly [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of folgoràre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
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Anagrams[edit]
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