Italian edit

Etymology edit

From ri- +‎ soffiare.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ri.sofˈfja.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ri‧sof‧fià‧re

Verb edit

risoffiàre (first-person singular present risóffio, first-person singular past historic risoffiài, past participle risoffiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to blow again [auxiliary avere]
  2. (transitive) to blow out (smoke, etc.) again [auxiliary avere]
  3. (transitive, figurative, informal) to report (information) (as a spy/informant/nark/snitch)

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References edit

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

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