Italian

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ fame +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /af.faˈma.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: af‧fa‧mà‧re

Verb

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affamàre (first-person singular present affàmo, first-person singular past historic affamài, past participle affamàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to starve (to cause to starve, e.g. due to a siege)
  2. (transitive, figurative) to impoverish
  3. (intransitive) to starve [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • affamare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • affamare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

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