Italian

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Etymology

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From s- +‎ foro +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sfoˈra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sfo‧rà‧re

Verb

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sforàre (first-person singular present sfòro or (traditional) sfóro[1], first-person singular past historic sforài, past participle sforàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to exceed (a limit)
  2. (intransitive) to exceed the limits, to go too far [auxiliary avere]
  3. (intransitive, slang, radio, television) to go over (to overrun the allotted time of the broadcast) [+ di (an amount of time) = by] [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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References

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

Further reading

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

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