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)
- to whip, flog or scourge
- (by extension) to beat repetitively
- (figurative) to condemn
- (literary) to torment, to persecute
Conjugation
Conjugation of flagellàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
Related terms
- flagellarsi
- flagellazione
- flagello
Further reading
- flagellare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
flagellāre
- inflection of flagellō:
- present active infinitive
- second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative