Italian

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ lungo +‎ -are or from a Vulgar Latin root *allongāre, from ad + Late Latin longāre (cf. also elongāre), from Latin longus. Compare French allonger.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /al.lunˈɡa.re/
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  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: al‧lun‧gà‧re

Verb

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allungàre (first-person singular present allùngo, first-person singular past historic allungài, past participle allungàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to lengthen
  2. to stretch out
  3. to pass, to hand
  4. to dilute, to water down

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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