affondarsi

Italian

Etymology

From affondare (to sink) +‎ -si (oneself, enclitic reflexive pronoun).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /af.fonˈdar.si/
  • Rhymes: -arsi
  • Hyphenation: af‧fon‧dàr‧si

Verb

affondàrsi (first-person singular present mi affóndo, first-person singular past historic mi affondài, past participle affondàtosi)

  1. reflexive of affondare: to sink oneself
  2. (intransitive, rare) to sink, to founder
    Synonyms: affondare, colare a picco
    • 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto decimo [Tenth Canto]”, in Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland]‎[1], Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, page 41:
      Il Conte d’Arindelia è quel, c’ha messo
      In mar quella barchetta, che s’affonda
      The Count of Arindelia is the one who put in the sea that small boat that sinks

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Further reading

  • affondarsi in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication