Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin effundere.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /efˈfon.de.re/
  • Rhymes: -ondere
  • Hyphenation: ef‧fón‧de‧re

Verb

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effóndere (first-person singular present effóndo, first-person singular past historic effùsi, past participle effùso, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive, literary) to pour out, to effuse; to shed (blood)
  2. (transitive, literary, figurative) to diffuse (e.g. sound)
  3. (transitive, figurative) to vent (emotions, one's soul, etc.)
  4. (intransitive, rare) to flow out [with da ‘from’] [auxiliary essere]
    il sangue effonde dalla ferita
    the blood is flowing out from the wound

Conjugation

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