Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin īnsufflāre.

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

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

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

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Latin edit

Verb edit

īnsufflāre

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

Verb edit

īnsufflāre

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