collassare

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From collasso +‎ -are.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kol.lasˈsa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: col‧las‧sà‧re

Verb[edit]

collassàre (first-person singular present collàsso, first-person singular past historic collassài, past participle collassàto, auxiliary (transitive or intransitive) avére or (also when intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive, medicine) to collapse (a lung, etc.)
  2. (transitive, medicine) to cause shock, nervous breakdown, etc. in (someone or something)
  3. (intransitive, also figurative, astronomy) to collapse [auxiliary avere or essere]
  4. (intransitive, slang) to experience the maximum effect of an illicit drug [auxiliary avere or essere]

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