insaponare
Italian
Etymology
From in- + sapone (“soap”) + -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.sa.poˈna.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: in‧sa‧po‧nà‧re
Verb
insaponàre (first-person singular present insapóno, first-person singular past historic insaponài, past participle insaponàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to soap, to lather
- (transitive) to flatter, to soft-soap; to actively admire someone
- Synonym: adulare
Conjugation
Conjugation of insaponàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)