sussurrare
Italian
Etymology
Derived from Latin susurrāre (“to hum, buzz, murmur, mutter, whisper”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sus.surˈra.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: sus‧sur‧rà‧re
Verb
sussurràre (first-person singular present sussùrro, first-person singular past historic sussurrài, past participle sussurràto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to whisper
- Synonym: bisbigliare
- (intransitive) to rustle, to murmur
- (intransitive) to badmouth, to slander (secretly, behind one's back)
Conjugation
Conjugation of sussurràre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
- sussurrarsi
- sussurrio
- sussurro
- sussurrona
- sussurrone