affondarsi
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From affondare (“to sink”) + -si (“oneself”, enclitic reflexive pronoun).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]affondàrsi (first-person singular present mi affóndo, first-person singular past historic mi affondài, past participle affondàto)
- reflexive of affondare: to sink oneself
- (intransitive, rare) to sink, to founder
- Synonyms: affondare, colare a picco
- 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto decimo [Tenth Canto]”, in Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland][1], Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, page 41:
- Il Conte d’Arindelia è quel, c’ha messo
In mar quella barchetta, che s’affonda- The Count of Arindelia is the one who put in the sea that small boat that sinks
Conjugation
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- affondarsi in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
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