Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin stīllāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /stilˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: stil‧là‧re

Verb

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stillàre (first-person singular present stìllo, first-person singular past historic stillài, past participle stillàto, auxiliary (transitive, also intransitive meaning "to try") avére or (intransitive meaning "to drip, to fall in drops") èssere)

  1. (literary, transitive) to extract (to withdraw by a process)
    Synonym: estrarre
  2. (transitive) to drip (to let fall in drops)
    Synonyms: (uncommon) gocciare, gocciolare
  3. (intransitive) to drip (to fall in drops) [auxiliary essere]
    Synonyms: (uncommon) gocciare, gocciolare
  4. (intransitive, uncommon) to make an effort, to try [with di (+ infinitive) ‘to’] [auxiliary avere]
    Synonym: sforzarsi
  5. (transitive, rare) to invent, to contrive (an idea, method, etc.)
  6. (Tuscan, card games, transitive) to slowly reveal (cards)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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stīllāre

  1. inflection of stīllō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative