conflagrare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnflagrāre, derived from flagrō (to burn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kon.flaˈɡra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: con‧fla‧grà‧re

Verb

conflagràre (first-person singular present conflàgro, first-person singular past historic conflagrài, past participle conflagràto, auxiliary èssere) (literary, intransitive)

  1. to burst into flames
  2. (figurative, uncommon) to appear violently and suddenly

Conjugation

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

cōnflagrāre

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

Verb

cōnflagrāre

  1. present active infinitive of cōnflagrō
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