affreddare

affreddare

Italian

Etymology

    From a- (towards) +‎ freddo (cold) +‎ -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /af.fredˈda.re/
    • Rhymes: -are
    • Hyphenation: af‧fred‧dà‧re

    Verb

    affreddàre (first-person singular present affréddo, first-person singular past historic affreddài, past participle affreddàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere) (archaic or regional)

    1. (transitive) alternative form of raffreddare (to cool down, to make cold or colder)
    2. (intransitive) alternative form of raffreddare (to cool down, to get cold or colder) [auxiliary essere]

    Conjugation

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    Further reading

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