Italian

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Etymology

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From s- +‎ folla +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sfolˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sfol‧là‧re

Verb

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sfollàre (first-person singular present sfòllo or (traditional) sfóllo[1], first-person singular past historic sfollài, past participle sfollàto, auxiliary (transitive or uncommonly when intransitive) avére or (usually when intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to disperse (a crowd)
  2. (transitive, agriculture) to thin out (a forest)
  3. (transitive) to downsize
  4. (intransitive) to disperse (of a crowd) [auxiliary essere or (uncommonly) avere]
  5. (intransitive) to evacuate (especially in wartime) [auxiliary essere or (uncommonly) avere]

Conjugation

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References

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

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