ammosciare
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Verb
ammosciàre (first-person singular present ammóscio, first-person singular past historic ammosciài, past participle ammosciàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere) (dialectal)
- (transitive) to (cause to) wilt, to shrivel
- (transitive) to (cause to) slacken, to (cause to) soften
- (intransitive) to wilt, to shrivel, to droop [auxiliary essere]
- (intransitive) to slacken [auxiliary essere]
- (intransitive, vulgar, slang) of a penis: to become flaccid
Conjugation
Conjugation of ammosciàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
Derived terms
Further reading
- ammosciare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana