sniffare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English sniff.

Verb

sniffàre (first-person singular present snìffo, first-person singular past historic sniffài, past participle sniffàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive or intransitive, slang) to sniff, to snort, to blow (cocaine, speed, etc.) [auxiliary avere]
  2. (transitive or intransitive, slang) to huff (glue or other solvents) [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sniffàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive sniffàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund sniffàndo
present participle sniffànte past participle sniffàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present snìffo snìffi snìffa sniffiàmo sniffàte snìffano
imperfect sniffàvo sniffàvi sniffàva sniffavàmo sniffavàte sniffàvano
past historic sniffài sniffàsti sniffò sniffàmmo sniffàste sniffàrono
future snifferò snifferài snifferà snifferémo snifferéte snifferànno
conditional snifferèi snifferésti snifferèbbe, snifferébbe snifferémmo snifferéste snifferèbbero, snifferébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present snìffi snìffi snìffi sniffiàmo sniffiàte snìffino
imperfect sniffàssi sniffàssi sniffàsse sniffàssimo sniffàste sniffàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
snìffa snìffi sniffiàmo sniffàte snìffino
negative imperative non sniffàre non snìffi non sniffiàmo non sniffàte non snìffino

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Swedish

Etymology

From sniffa +‎ -are.

Noun

sniffare c

  1. agent noun of sniffa; sniffer

Declension

Declension of sniffare
nominative genitive
singular indefinite sniffare sniffares
definite sniffaren sniffarens
plural indefinite sniffare sniffares
definite sniffarna sniffarnas

Further reading

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