ammainare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *invāgīnāre, from vāgīna.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ammainàre (first-person singular present ammàino, first-person singular past historic ammainài, past participle ammainàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive, nautical) to lower, to strike (a flag)
- ammainare le vele/la bandiera ― to retire (from a company)
- (transitive, nautical) to stow (a sail, etc.)
- (intransitive) to stow the sails [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of ammainàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- ammainare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana