staffare
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stafˈfa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: staf‧fà‧re
Etymology 1
From staffa (“stirrup”) + -are.
Verb
staffàre (first-person singular present stàffo, first-person singular past historic staffài, past participle staffàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to connect, clamp or shore up with brackets
- (transitive, railroad) to block the movement of (a railroad/railway car) with a bracket on the tracks
- (intransitive, uncommon) to lose one's stirrups [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive, uncommon) to take one's feet out of the stirrup or stirrups [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of staffàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
staffàre (first-person singular present stàffo, first-person singular past historic staffài, past participle staffàto, auxiliary avére)
Conjugation
Conjugation of staffàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Further reading
- staffare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana