affamare

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a- +‎ fame +‎ -are.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /af.faˈma.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: af‧fa‧mà‧re

Verb[edit]

affamàre (first-person singular present affàmo, first-person singular past historic affamài, past participle affamàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to starve (to cause to starve, e.g. due to a siege)
  2. (transitive, figurative) to impoverish
  3. (intransitive) to starve [auxiliary essere]

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Further reading[edit]

  • affamare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • affamare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

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