abbonacciare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From a- (to, towards) +‎ bonaccia (dead calm) +‎ -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ab.bo.natˈt͡ʃa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ab‧bo‧nac‧cià‧re

Verb

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abbonacciàre (first-person singular present abbonàccio, first-person singular past historic abbonacciài, past participle abbonacciàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to calm down (the sea, the weather)
  2. (transitive, figurative) to calm
  3. (intransitive) to become calm (of the sea or weather) [auxiliary essere] (of the sea)
  4. (intransitive, figurative) to calm down [auxiliary essere]

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