lampeggiare

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From lampo (flash) +‎ -eggiare.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /lam.pedˈd͡ʒa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: lam‧peg‧già‧re

Verb[edit]

lampeggiàre (first-person singular present lampéggio, first-person singular past historic lampeggiài, past participle lampeggiàto, auxiliary avére or (alternatively when impersonal) èssere)

  1. (intransitive) to flash [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive) to blink (to flash on and off at regular intervals; to flash headlights on a car) [auxiliary avere]
    Perché quella luce sta lampeggiando?
    Why is that light blinking?
  3. (intransitive, figurative) to flash, to appear suddenly like a flash [auxiliary avere]
  4. (impersonal, weather) (for there) to be lightning [auxiliary essere or avere]
    Ha lampeggiato tutta la notte.
    There was lightning all night.

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