Italian edit

Etymology edit

From ra- +‎ frenare or ra- +‎ affrenare.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /raf.freˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: raf‧fre‧nà‧re

Verb edit

raffrenàre (first-person singular present raffréno or raffrèno[1], first-person singular past historic raffrenài, past participle raffrenàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to brake strongly (a vehicle); to restrain (a horse)
  2. (figurative) to moderate, to curb

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References edit

  1. ^ freno in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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