nfocare

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin infocāre. By surface analysis, n- (in) +‎ fuoco (fire) +‎ -are (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ɱfuˈka]

Verb

nfocare

  1. to heat up (something)
  2. to set on fire
  3. to incite, provoke
  4. to rekindle

Derived terms

References

  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “nfocare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano[1]