Italian

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zbaˈfa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sba‧fà‧re

Verb

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sbafàre (first-person singular present sbàfo, first-person singular past historic sbafài, past participle sbafàto, auxiliary avére) (informal)

  1. (transitive) to devour, to wolf down
  2. (transitive or intransitive) to sponge, to mooch [auxiliary avere]
  3. (transitive) to scrounge, to get for free

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

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