affacciare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ faccia +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /af.fatˈt͡ʃa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: af‧fac‧cià‧re

Verb

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affacciàre (first-person singular present affàccio, first-person singular past historic affacciài, past participle affacciàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to show, to present
    Synonym: far vedere
  2. to display from a window or door
  3. to protrude (something) through a window or door
    un gatto che affacciava il muso fra i battenti sconquassati
    a cat that was sticking out its snout between the shattered doors
    (Giovanni Verga, "Camerati", from Per le vie (1883))
  4. to advance, to venture, to raise (a doubt, suspicion, difficulty, etc.)
    Synonym: avanzare

Conjugation

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Anagrams

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