folgorare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin fulgurāre (“to flash, shine”). By surface analysis, folgore (“lightning, thunderbolt”) + -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
folgoràre (first-person singular present fólgoro, first-person singular past historic folgorài, past participle folgoràto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to strike (down) (especially with lightning)
- (transitive) to electrocute
- (intransitive) to produce lightning [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive, figurative) to thunder (with words), to inveigh [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive) to shine, to sparkle [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive, figurative, literary) to act quickly [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of folgoràre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)