Italian

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Etymology

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Clipping of arraffare.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /rafˈfa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: raf‧fà‧re

Verb

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raffàre (first-person singular present ràffo, first-person singular past historic raffài, past participle raffàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (sports, bocce, intransitive) to throw a boule on the ground to either hit another boule or the jack-ball [auxiliary avere]
  2. (archaic, transitive) Alternative form of arraffare (to snatch; to steal)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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

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