infuocare

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From in- + fuoco + -are, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *infocāre, from Latin focus.[1] Compare Sicilian nfucari , Neapolitan nfucare, Spanish and Portuguese enfogar, Romanian înfoca.

Verb

infuocare

  1. (transitive) to heat until red hot
  2. (transitive) to excite, agitate, enrage

Conjugation

References

  1. Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), infuocare”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
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