Italian

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ valle +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /av.valˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: av‧val‧là‧re

Verb

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avvallàre (first-person singular present avvàllo, first-person singular past historic avvallài, past participle avvallàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (literally, transitive) to send to the valley
  2. (by extension, transitive) to send down
  3. (by extension, transitive) to sink (the terrain, a road, etc.), to cause to sink
    Synonyms: affondare, abbassare, sprofondare
  4. (archaic or literary, transitive) to lower (one's hood, head, etc.)
  5. (archaic or literary, transitive) to turn (one's eyes, etc.) towards the ground
  6. (archaic, figurative, transitive) to humiliate, to demean
    Synonyms: umiliare, avvilire
  7. (archaic, figurative, transitive) to swallow
  8. (literary, intransitive) to go down, to descend [auxiliary essere]

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