Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin afflīgere. Compare French affliger, Spanish afligir and English afflict, which were also all borrowed.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /afˈflid.d͡ʒe.re/
  • Rhymes: -iddʒere
  • Hyphenation: af‧flìg‧ge‧re

Verb edit

afflìggere (first-person singular present afflìggo, first-person singular past historic afflìssi, past participle afflìtto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to trouble
  2. (transitive) to grieve
  3. (transitive) to pang

Conjugation edit

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Further reading edit

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