Italian

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Etymology

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From infingardo +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /in.fin.ɡarˈdi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: in‧fin‧gar‧dì‧re

Verb

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infingardìre (first-person singular present infingardìsco, first-person singular past historic infingardìi, past participle infingardìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to make lazy, idle or sluggish
  2. (intransitive) to become lazy, idle or sluggish [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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