inflettere

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnflectere, from in- (in) + flectere (bend).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈflɛt.te.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɛttere
  • Hyphenation: in‧flèt‧te‧re

Verb

inflèttere (first-person singular present inflètto, first-person singular past historic inflettéi or (less common) inflèssi, past participle inflèsso, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (uncommon) to turn, to bend
  2. to modulate (the voice)

Conjugation

Further reading

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