Italian edit

Etymology edit

From a- (to, towards) +‎ razzo (rocket) +‎ -are (1st-conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ar.radˈd͡za.re/, /ar.ratˈt͡sa.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ar‧raz‧zà‧re

Verb edit

arrazzàre (first-person singular present arràzzo, first-person singular past historic arrazzài, past participle arrazzàto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (rare, intransitive) to burn [auxiliary essere]
    Synonyms: ardere, bruciare
  2. (by extension, rare, intransitive) to blaze, to glow [auxiliary essere]
    Synonyms: brillare, rifulgere, sfolgorare
  3. (by extension, rare, intransitive) to redden, to become red [auxiliary essere]
    Synonyms: arrossare, arrossarsi
    1. (literary, transitive) to flare (to cause to burn)
      Synonyms: accendere, incendiare
    2. (figurative, Rome, vulgar, transitive) to turn on (to excite sexually), to make horny, to make randy
      Synonym: eccitare

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ arrazzo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading edit

  • arrazzare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • arrazzare in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

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