Italian

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Etymology

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Uncertain.[1] Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *corrutulāre, frequentative of Latin corruere.[2][3][4]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /krolˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: crol‧là‧re

Verb

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crollàre (first-person singular present cròllo, first-person singular past historic crollài, past participle crollàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to shake [auxiliary avere]
    crollare la testato shake one's head (to signal no)
    crollare le spalleto shrug one's shoulders (to signal indifference)
  2. (intransitive) to collapse, to cave in, to slump [auxiliary essere]

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