suonare

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin sonāre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (to sound, resound).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /swoˈna.re/
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  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: suo‧nà‧re

Verb

suonàre (first-person singular present suòno, first-person singular past historic suonài, past participle suonàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, music) to play (an instrument)
  2. (transitive) to sound
  3. (transitive) to ring
  4. (intransitive) ellipsis of suonare il clacson; to honk (to use a car horn) [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

Further reading

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

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