fulminare

See also: fulminaré

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fulmināre. By surface analysis, fulmine (“lightning”) +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ful.miˈna.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: ful‧mi‧nà‧re

Verb

fulminàre (first-person singular present fùlmino, first-person singular past historic fulminài, past participle fulminàto, auxiliary avére or (alternatively when impersonal) èssere)

1. (transitive) to strike by lightning
2. (transitive) to freeze or paralyze (someone) by looking at them

   Synonyms: folgorare, gelare, colpire, annichilire, raggelare, paralizzare

   • 2013, F. Scott Fitzgerald, translated by Ferruccio Russo, Il Grande Gatsby [The Great Gatsby], Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, page 113:

     Gatsby, pallido come la morte, con le mani gettate come pesi nelle tasche della giacca, se ne stava in piedi in una pozza d’acqua fulminandomi tragicamente con gli occhi.

     Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was standing in a puddle of water glaring tragically into my eyes.

     (literally, “Gatsby, pale like death, with his hands thrown like weights in the jacket's pockets, was standing in a puddle of water, paralyzing me tragically with his eyes.”)

3. (transitive) to electrocute

   Synonym: folgorare

4. (transitive) to strike violently and with precision

   lo fulminò con un destro alla mascella

   he struck him with a right hand to the jaw

5. (intransitive, impersonal) (to) there be lightning [auxiliary essere or avere]

   ha tuonato e fulminato tutta la notte

   it thundered and there was lightning all night

6. (intransitive, archaic) to move quickly and forcefully

Conjugation

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

infinitive	fulminàre
auxiliary verb		avére, èssere1	gerund		fulminàndo
present participle		fulminànte	past participle		fulminàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	fùlmino	fùlmini	fùlmina	fulminiàmo	fulminàte	fùlminano
imperfect	fulminàvo	fulminàvi	fulminàva	fulminavàmo	fulminavàte	fulminàvano
past historic	fulminài	fulminàsti	fulminò	fulminàmmo	fulminàste	fulminàrono
future	fulminerò	fulminerài	fulminerà	fulminerémo	fulmineréte	fulminerànno
conditional	fulminerèi	fulminerésti	fulminerèbbe, fulminerébbe	fulminerémmo	fulmineréste	fulminerèbbero, fulminerébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	fùlmini	fùlmini	fùlmini	fulminiàmo	fulminiàte	fùlminino
imperfect	fulminàssi	fulminàssi	fulminàsse	fulminàssimo	fulminàste	fulminàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		fùlmina	fùlmini	fulminiàmo	fulminàte	fùlminino
negative imperative		non fulminàre	non fùlmini	non fulminiàmo	non fulminàte	non fùlminino

¹Alternatively when impersonal.

Derived terms

• fulminarsi
• fulminante
• fulminato

Anagrams

• fulminerà

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ful.miˈnaː.re/, [fʊɫ̪mɪˈnäːrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ful.miˈna.re/, [fulmiˈnäːre]

Verb

fulmināre

1. inflection of fulminō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Spanish

Verb

fulminare

1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of fulminar