nfocare

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• nfucare, nfocà, nfucà (alt. spellings)

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin infocāre. By surface analysis, n- (“in”) +‎ fuoco (“fire”) +‎ -are (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ɱfuˈka]

Verb

nfocare

1. to heat up (something)
2. to set on fire
3. to incite, provoke
4. to rekindle

Derived terms

• nfocato

References

• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “nfocare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano