effeminare

Italian

Alternative forms

  • effemminare

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin effēmināre (to weaken, enervate; to make feminine, emasculate).

Verb

effeminàre (first-person singular present effémino, first-person singular past historic effeminài, past participle effeminàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to emasculate
  2. (transitive) to enfeeble, to weaken

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Latin

Verb

effēmināre

  1. inflection of effēminō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative