nfocare

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Neapolitan[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

nfucare, nfocà, nfucà (alt. spellings)

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Late Latin infocāre. By surface analysis, n- (“in”) +‎ fuoco (“fire”) +‎ -are (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Naples) IPA^(key): [ɱfuˈka]

Verb[edit]

nfocare

to heat up (something)
to set on fire
to incite, provoke
to rekindle

Derived terms[edit]

nfocato

References[edit]

Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “nfocare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano

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