ammortare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ammortàre (first-person singular present ammòrto, first-person singular past historic ammortài, past participle ammortàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive, uncommon) to amortize (a debt, a liability), to pay off in installments
- Synonym: ammortizzare
- (transitive, archaic) to deprive of life, to kill
- (transitive, archaic, figurative) to extinguish (flames, etc.)
- Synonym: spegnere
- (transitive, archaic, figurative) to dampen
- Synonym: smorzare
- (transitive, archaic, figurative) to soften
- Synonym: attutire
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of ammortàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)