Italian

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Etymology

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From spasimo +‎ -are.

Verb

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spasimàre (first-person singular present spàsimo, first-person singular past historic spasimài, past participle spasimàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)

  1. (often hyperbolic) to be in agony, to suffer greatly [with di ‘of’ and per ‘due to’]
  2. (figurative) to long, to yearn, to desire greatly [with di (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]
  3. (figurative) to fall in love [with per ‘with someone’]

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