infuocare

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin infocāre, a verb derived from Latin focus ("fire", originally "hearth"). By surface analysis, in- +‎ fuoco +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.fwoˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: in‧fuo‧cà‧re

Verb

infuocàre (first-person singular present infuòco, first-person singular past historic infuocài, past participle infuocàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to heat until red hot
  2. (figurative) to excite, agitate, enrage

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