Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin flagellāre, probably borrowed.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fla.d͡ʒelˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: fla‧gel‧là‧re

Verb

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flagellàre (first-person singular present flagèllo, first-person singular past historic flagellài, past participle flagellàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to whip, flog or scourge
  2. (by extension) to beat repetitively
  3. (figurative) to condemn
  4. (literary) to torment, to persecute

Conjugation

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Further reading

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

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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flagellāre

  1. inflection of flagellō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative