Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin īnsufflāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /in.sufˈfla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: in‧suf‧flà‧re

Verb

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insufflàre (first-person singular present insùfflo, first-person singular past historic insufflài, past participle insufflàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, Christianity) to blow (the breath) [with su ‘on a catechumen, person being baptized, etc.’]
  2. (intransitive) to blow [with in ‘into/on a balloon, a wind instrument, etc.’] [auxiliary avere]
  3. (transitive, medicine) to insufflate (oxygen, etc.) [with in ‘into’]
  4. (transitive, figurative, rare) to inspire, to arouse (vigor, hate, doubt, suspicion, etc.)

Conjugation

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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īnsufflāre

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

Verb

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īnsufflāre

  1. inflection of īnsufflō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative