insufflare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin īnsufflāre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
insufflàre (first-person singular present insùfflo, first-person singular past historic insufflài, past participle insufflàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive, Christianity) to blow (the breath) [+ su (a catechumen, person being baptized, etc.) = on]
- (intransitive) to blow [+ in (a balloon, a wind instrument, etc.) = into/on] [auxiliary avere]
- (transitive, medicine) to insufflate (oxygen, etc.) [+ in (object) = into]
- (transitive, figurative, rare) to inspire, to arouse (vigor, hate, doubt, suspicion, etc.)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of insufflàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Verb edit
īnsufflāre
- inflection of īnsufflō:
Verb edit
īnsufflāre
- inflection of īnsufflō: