zufolare
Italian
Alternative forms
- ciufolare (archaic, regional)
- sufolare, suffolare (obsolete)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *sūfilāre, from Latin sībilāre, whence also the doublets sibilare and sobillare. Cognate with Corsican zifulà, Venetan sifołar, Romansch tschüvler, tschivlar, Norman sûfflier, Walloon xhufler (Old French sufler).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): */d͡zu.foˈla.re/, (traditional) */t͡su.foˈla.re/[1]
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: zu‧fo‧là‧re
Verb
zufolàre (first-person singular present zùfolo, first-person singular past historic zufolài, past participle zufolàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to play the flageolet [auxiliary avere]
- (ambitransitive) to whistle [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of zufolàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
References
- ^ zufolo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)