insufflare
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īnsufflāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.sufˈfla.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: in‧suf‧flà‧re
Verb
insufflàre (first-person singular present insùfflo, first-person singular past historic insufflài, past participle insufflàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive, Christianity) to blow (the breath) [+ su (a catechumen, person being baptized, etc.) = on]
- (intransitive) to blow [+ in (a balloon, a wind instrument, etc.) = into/on] [auxiliary avere]
- (transitive, medicine) to insufflate (oxygen, etc.) [+ in (object) = into]
- (transitive, figurative, rare) to inspire, to arouse (vigor, hate, doubt, suspicion, etc.)
Conjugation
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
īnsufflāre
- inflection of īnsufflō:
- present active infinitive
- second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
Verb
īnsufflāre
- inflection of īnsufflō:
- present active infinitive
- second-person singular present passive imperative
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