sferrare

From Vulgar Latin *exferrāre. By surface analysis, s- +‎ ferro (“horseshoe”), ferri (“shackles”) +‎ -are. Cognate with Sicilian sfirrari.

• IPA^(key): /sferˈra.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: sfer‧rà‧re

sferràre (first-person singular present sfèrro, first-person singular past historic sferrài, past participle sferràto, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive) to throw, hurl (with force yet precision)

   Synonyms: tirare, scagliare, mollare, appioppare

   sferrare un pugno ― to throw a punch

   1. (figurative) to launch, unleash (an attack)

      sferrare un attacco ― to launch an attack

2. (transitive, farriery) to unshoe (a horse)

   Antonym: ferrare

3. (transitive) to unshackle (a prisoner)

   Synonyms: scatenare, liberare

   Antonym: incatenare

   1. (figurative) to unshackle; to remove restrictions from

      Synonym: liberare

4. (nautical, of an anchor) to lose the grip and start to "plough" (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
5. (reflexive) See sferrarsi.

• sferra
• sferratura

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

• sferrerà