Italian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *exfundorāre, from *fundorem, analogical accusative derived from Latin fundus n (bottom).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sfon.doˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sfon‧do‧là‧re

Verb

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sfondolàre (first-person singular present sfóndolo, first-person singular past historic sfondolài, past participle sfondolàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere) (archaic)

  1. (transitive) to break down, to knock down, to break through
    Synonym: sfondare
  2. (intransitive) to go down, to fall down, to sink [auxiliary essere]
    Synonym: sprofondare

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • sfondolare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • sfondolare in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

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