Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Late Latin anxiāre (to make uneasy or anxious), derived from Classical Latin anxius (anxious).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /anˈsa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: an‧sà‧re

Verb edit

ansàre (first-person singular present ànso, first-person singular past historic ansài, past participle ansàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)

  1. to pant, to wheeze
  2. (figurative) to puff (of a steam train)
  3. (figurative, poetic) to roar (of the sea)

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Further reading edit

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

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