frullare

frullare

Italian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /frulˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: frul‧là‧re

Verb

frullàre (first-person singular present frùllo, first-person singular past historic frullài, past participle frullàto, auxiliary avére or (in the figurative sense) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to blend, to purée, to liquidize
  2. (intransitive) to flutter (of birds) [auxiliary avere][2]
  3. (intransitive) to whirl (of spinning tops, wheels, etc.) [auxiliary avere][2]
  4. (intransitive, figurative, chiefly with a specified location around the head) to be thought (of thoughts, ideas, etc.) [auxiliary essere][2]
    Che ti è frullato per la testa?!
    What were you thinking?!
    (literally, “What was whirling through your head?!”)
    • 2016 March 16, Amedeo Mapelli, “Amedeo Mapelli - Una Chiasso frizzante [Amedeo Mapelli - A sparkling Chiasso]”, in ticinonews[1], archived from the original on 26 February 2026, retrieved 26 February 2026:
      Un'altra idea frullatami in testa è l'utilizzo dell'importante spazio libero che c'è alle piscine comunali per organizzare manifestazione per gente di ogni età.
      Another idea I had is the utilization of the important free space available at the municipal pools to organize events for people of all ages.
      (literally, “Another idea whirled in my head is the utilization of the important free space that there is at the communal pools to organize events for people of each age.”)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ frullare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Nicola Zingarelli (2016), “frullare”, in lo Zingarelli 2017, Vocabolario della lingua italiana (in Italian), Zanichelli, →ISBN, page 944

Anagrams