Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /stafˈfa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: staf‧fà‧re

Etymology 1 edit

From staffa (stirrup) +‎ -are.

Verb edit

staffàre (first-person singular present stàffo, first-person singular past historic staffài, past participle staffàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to connect, clamp or shore up with brackets
  2. (transitive, railroad) to block the movement of (a railroad/railway car) with a bracket on the tracks
  3. (intransitive, uncommon) to lose one's stirrups [auxiliary avere]
  4. (intransitive, uncommon) to take one's feet out of the stirrup or stirrups [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation edit
Descendants edit
  • Spanish: estafar

Etymology 2 edit

From staff (staff) +‎ -are.

Verb edit

staffàre (first-person singular present stàffo, first-person singular past historic staffài, past participle staffàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive, anglicism) to recruit staff (for a company) [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

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

Anagrams edit