flagellare

Italian

Alternative forms

  • fragellare

Etymology

From Latin flagellāre, probably borrowed or latinized.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fla.d͡ʒelˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: fla‧gel‧là‧re

Verb

flagellàre (first-person singular present flagèllo, first-person singular past historic flagellài, past participle flagellàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to whip, flog or scourge
  2. (by extension) to beat repetitively
  3. (figurative) to condemn
  4. (literary) to torment, to persecute

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • flagellare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

flagellāre

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