overwordExplorer
ITALIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

affogare.

to drown (to kill by suffocating in a liquid)

8 characters4 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

verb/af.foˈɡa.re/
  1. to drown (to kill by suffocating in a liquid)

    transitive
    Lo affogarono nel lago.
  2. to extinguish, to put out

    literary · transitive
  3. to oppress, to overbear, to overwhelm

    figuratively · literary · transitive
  4. to smother

    transitive
    affogato nella crema
  5. to drown (to die by suffocating in a liquid)

    intransitive
    Quasi affogò nel fiume.
  6. to be oppressed or overwhelmed

    figuratively · intransitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *affōcāre, alteration of Latin offōcāre.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

affogare has 8 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

affogare studioaffogare workshello, affogare

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.