avvampare

a- (“to, towards”) +‎ vampa (“heat; flame”) +‎ -are (1^st conjugation verbal suffix)

• IPA^(key): /av.vamˈpa.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Stress: avvampàre
• Hyphenation: av‧vam‧pa‧re

avvampare

1. (intransitive, auxiliary essere)
   1. to flare up, flame
   2. (by extension) to redden
   3. (by extension) to blush
   4. (by extension) to burn
      • 1835, Giacomo Leopardi, “Canto notturno di un pastore errante dell'Asia [Night Song of a Wandering Shepherd in Asia]”, in Canti‎, Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, lines 37–40, page 89:

        Vecchierel bianco, infermo, ¶ mezzo vestito e scalzo, ¶ con gravissimo fascio in su le spalle, ¶ per montagna e per valle, ¶ per sassi acuti, ed alta rena, e fratte, ¶ al vento, alla tempesta, e quando avvampa ¶ l’ora, e quando poi gela, ¶ corre via, corre, anela

        An old man, white-haired, infirm, barefoot and half-naked, with a heavy load on his shoulders, over mountains, through the valleys, on sharp stones, in sand and thickets, wind and storm, when the days burn and when they freeze, runs onwards, runs and pants

   5. (figuratively, literary) to flame (in violence of passion)
      • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXV, lines 82–87, page 454:

        Indi spirò: «L’amore ond’io avvampo ¶ ancor ver’ la virtù che mi seguette ¶ infin la palma e a l’uscir del campo, ¶ vuol ch’io respiri a te che ti dilette ¶ di lei; ed emmi a grato che tu diche ¶ quello che la speranza ti ’mpromette».

        Then breathed: "The love wherewith I am inflamed towards the virtue still which followed me unto the palm and issue of the field, wills that I breathe to thee that thou delight in her; and grateful to me is thy telling whatever things Hope promises to thee."

      • 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Solo e pensoso i più deserti campi”, in Il Canzoniere‎, Florence: Andrea Bettini, published 1858, lines 5–8, page 21:

        Altro schermo non trovo che mi scampi ¶ Dal manifesto accorger delle genti; ¶ Perché negli atti d’allegrezza spenti ¶ Di fuor si legge com’io dentro avvampi

        I find no other defence to protect me from other people’s open notice, since in my aspect, whose joy is quenched, they see from outside how I flame within

2. (transitive, auxiliary avere):
   1. (literary) to light, set alight, kindle
   2. (literary, figuratively) to kindle, arouse
   3. to singe, scorch

• avvampamento
• avvampatura

• avvamperà

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