avviluppare
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /av.vi.lupˈpa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: av‧vi‧lup‧pà‧re
Verb
avviluppàre (first-person singular present avvilùppo, first-person singular past historic avviluppài, past participle avviluppàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to wrap, to wind (a rope, etc.)
- (transitive) to wrap up (a ball of yarn, etc.) (usually chaotically)
- (transitive, figurative) to confuse, to entangle, to deceive
- Synonyms: aggrovigliare, intricare
- (transitive) to envelop
Conjugation
Conjugation of avviluppàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
Further reading
- avviluppare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana