Italian edit

Etymology edit

From s- +‎ folla +‎ -are.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sfolˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sfol‧là‧re

Verb edit

sfollàre (first-person singular present sfòllo or (traditional) sfóllo[1], first-person singular past historic sfollài, past participle sfollàto, auxiliary (transitive or uncommonly when intransitive) avére or (usually when intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to disperse (a crowd)
  2. (transitive, agriculture) to thin out (a forest)
  3. (transitive) to downsize
  4. (intransitive) to disperse (of a crowd) [auxiliary essere or (uncommonly) avere]
  5. (intransitive) to evacuate (especially in wartime) [auxiliary essere or (uncommonly) avere]

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References edit

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

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