affiorare

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /af.fjoˈra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: af‧fio‧rà‧re

Etymology 1

Calque of French affleurer.

Verb

affioràre (first-person singular present affióro, first-person singular past historic affiorài, past participle affioràto, auxiliary èssere)

  1. (intransitive) to emerge, to surface [auxiliary essere]
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to appear, to surface (e.g. of emotions) [auxiliary essere]
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From a- + fiore + -are.

Verb

affioràre (first-person singular present affióro, first-person singular past historic affiorài, past participle affioràto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (Tuscan) to make (bread) with flour
  2. (literary) to cover or decorate with flowers
Conjugation

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