Italian

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ fioco +‎ -ire.

Verb

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affiochìre (first-person singular present affiochìsco, first-person singular past historic affiochìi, past participle affiochìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to dim (a light)
  2. (transitive) to cause (a sound, one's voice, etc.) to fade or become faint
  3. (intransitive) to dim (of a light)
  4. (intransitive) to fade, to become faint (of a sound, etc.)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • affiochire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana