trafiggere
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin trānsfigō. Cognate with Piedmontese trafige.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]trafìggere (first-person singular present trafìggo, first-person singular past historic trafìssi, past participle trafìtto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to pierce
- to produce a sharp, acute, or stabbing pain in (an organ, etc.)
- la polmonite gli trafiggeva il petto
- the pneumonia hurt his chest sharply
- to offend harshly
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of trafìggere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- trafiggere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- trafiggere in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
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