flottare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French flotter.

Verb

flottàre (first-person singular present flòtto, first-person singular past historic flottài, past participle flottàto, auxiliary avére)

1. (intransitive) to undulate (of the sea) [auxiliary avere]
2. (intransitive) to bob (of an object floating in the water) [auxiliary avere]
3. (intransitive) to glide on the water (of a seaplane) [auxiliary avere]
4. (transitive) to float (logs)
5. to separate (minerals) using flotation

Conjugation

    Conjugation of flottàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	flottàre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		flottàndo
present participle		flottànte	past participle		flottàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	flòtto	flòtti	flòtta	flottiàmo	flottàte	flòttano
imperfect	flottàvo	flottàvi	flottàva	flottavàmo	flottavàte	flottàvano
past historic	flottài	flottàsti	flottò	flottàmmo	flottàste	flottàrono
future	flotterò	flotterài	flotterà	flotterémo	flotteréte	flotterànno
conditional	flotterèi	flotterésti	flotterèbbe, flotterébbe	flotterémmo	flotteréste	flotterèbbero, flotterébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	flòtti	flòtti	flòtti	flottiàmo	flottiàte	flòttino
imperfect	flottàssi	flottàssi	flottàsse	flottàssimo	flottàste	flottàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		flòtta	flòtti	flottiàmo	flottàte	flòttino
negative imperative		non flottàre	non flòtti	non flottiàmo	non flottàte	non flòttino

Related terms

• flotta
• flottaggio
• flottante
• flottazione
• flottiglia

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• feltrato, flotterà

Swedish

flottare på Klarälven

Etymology

flotta +‎ -are (“-er”)

Noun

flottare c

1. a log driver or timber rafter (person who transports logs on flowing water)
   • 1952, Hugo Lindh (lyrics and music), “Flottarkärlek [Log driver love]”‎^[1]performed by Gösta "Snoddas" Nordgren:

     Jag var ung en gång för längesen, en flottare med färg. Alla jäntor var som vax uti min famn. I alla torp, i alla byar hade jag en liten vän, ifrån Norderås till skiljet ner vid Berg.

     I was young once, a long time ago, a log driver with color [maybe charming, vital, not gray, etc. – not a (well-known) idiom]. All the girls [somewhat folksy word for girl] were like wax in my arms [embrace]. In every croft, in every village [in all crofts, in all villages], I had a little friend, from Norderås to the log boom [from skilja (“separate”), in the sense of a place where logs are separated] down by Berg.

Declension

Declension of flottare

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	flottare	flottares
	definite	flottaren	flottarens
plural	indefinite	flottare	flottares
	definite	flottarna	flottarnas

Related terms

• flotta
• flottning

See also

• flottlägga (“bundle logs into a raft”)
• flottläggning (“bundling of logs into a raft”)
• skilje
• sågverk (“sawmill”)
• timmerflotte (“raft of bundled logs”)

References

• flottare in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• flottare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)