trafiggere
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin trānsfigō. Cognate with Piedmontese trafige.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
trafìggere (first-person singular present trafìggo, first-person singular past historic trafìssi, past participle trafìtto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to pierce
- to produce a sharp, acute, or stabbing pain in (an organ, etc.)
- la polmonite gli trafiggeva il petto
- the pneumonia hurt his chest sharply
- to offend harshly
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of trafìggere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- trafiggere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- trafiggere in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa