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affondare.

to sink (to submerge into a liquid; to cause to be submerged into a liquid)

9 characters4 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

verb/af.fonˈda.re/
  1. to sink (to submerge into a liquid; to cause to be submerged into a liquid)

    transitive
  2. to sink, to dig, to plunge

    transitive
    affondò avidamente i denti nella carne
  3. to deepen by digging

    transitive · uncommon
  4. to sink, to founder

    intransitive
    la nave affondò in pochi minuti
  5. to go broke, to be ruined

    figuratively · intransitive
  6. to sink (into chaos, vice, etc.)

    figuratively · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Vulgar Latin *affundāre, from Latin ad + fundus (“bottom”). By surface analysis, a- + fondo + -are.

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