favellare

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fābellāre, present active infinitive of *fābellō (“I speak”), derived from Latin fābella, diminutive of fābula (“narrative; story”), or from fābulor.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fa.velˈla.re/, [fäve̞l̺ˈl̺äːr̺e̞]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: fa‧vel‧là‧re

Verb

favellare

  1. (intransitive, literary) to speak or talk
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell] (paperback), 12th edition, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XXXIII, lines 4–6:
      Poi cominciò: «Tu vuo' ch'io rinovelli ¶ disperato dolor che 'l cor mi preme ¶ già pur pensando, pria ch'io ne favelli. […] »
      Then he began: "Thou wilt that I renew the desperate grief, which wrings my heart already to think of only, ere I speak of it"
    Synonym: parlare
  2. (transitive, literary, rare, poetic) to bespeak (to speak about; to tell of)
    Donde ei venga, infelici, il sapete, e sperate che gioia favelli?
    Whence he comes from, o wretches, you know, yet you hope that he bespeaks joy?

Conjugation
    Conjugation of favellare
infinitive favellare
auxiliary verb avere gerund favellando
present participle favellante past participle favellato
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present favello favelli favella favelliamo favellate favellano
imperfect favellavo favellavi favellava favellavamo favellavate favellavano
past historic favellai favellasti favellò favellammo favellaste favellarono
future favellerò favellerai favellerà favelleremo favellerete favelleranno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present favellerei favelleresti favellerebbe favelleremmo favellereste favellerebbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present favelli favelli favelli favelliamo favelliate favellino
imperfect favellassi favellassi favellasse favellassimo favellaste favellassero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
favella, non favellare favelli favelliamo favellate favellino

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Noun

favellare m (plural favellari)

  1. (archaic) parlance (way of talking)
    Synonyms: favella (archaic), parlata
    le lingue mescolate e bastarde, che non hanno parole, nè favellari proprii, non sono lingue
    the mixed, bastard tongues without their own words and parlances are not languages

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