Italian

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ fievole (dim; weak) +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /af.fje.voˈli.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: af‧fie‧vo‧lì‧re

Verb

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affievolìre (first-person singular present affievolìsco, first-person singular past historic affievolìi, past participle affievolìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to weaken
  2. (transitive) to make faint; to deaden, blunt
  3. (intransitive) to weaken, to fade [auxiliary essere]
  4. (intransitive) to decrease in strength [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

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