abbonacciare
Italian
Etymology
From a- (“to, towards”) + bonaccia (“dead calm”) + -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab.bo.natˈt͡ʃa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: ab‧bo‧nac‧cià‧re
Verb
abbonacciàre (first-person singular present abbonàccio, first-person singular past historic abbonacciài, past participle abbonacciàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive) to calm down (the sea, the weather)
- (transitive, figurative) to calm
- (intransitive) to become calm (of the sea or weather) [auxiliary essere] (of the sea)
- (intransitive, figurative) to calm down [auxiliary essere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of abbonacciàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.