allungare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From a- + lungo + -are or from a Vulgar Latin root *allongāre, from ad + Late Latin longāre (cf. also elongāre), from Latin longus. Compare French allonger.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
allungàre (first-person singular present allùngo, first-person singular past historic allungài, past participle allungàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to lengthen
- to stretch out
- to pass, to hand
- to dilute, to water down
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of allungàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms edit
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Further reading edit
- allungare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana