soffocare
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[edit]Verb
[edit]soffocàre (first-person singular present sòffoco, first-person singular past historic soffocài, past participle soffocàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive) to suffocate, stifle, choke, smother
- Synonym: spegnere
- (transitive, figurative) to choke back, choke down, suppress, silence, hush up, cover up, scotch
- (intransitive) to choke, suffocate, be stifled [auxiliary essere]
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of soffocàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- soffocare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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- Italian terms inherited from Latin
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- Rhymes:Italian/are
- Rhymes:Italian/are/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
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- Italian verbs ending in -are
- Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary
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