-olare

Italian

Etymology

Rebracketing of denominal verbs ending in -are, formed from nouns ending in the diminutive suffix -olo. By surface analysis, -olo +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: -o‧là‧re

Suffix

-olàre (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -olo, first-person singular past historic -olài, past participle -olàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. -ify; used to derive verbs related to a base noun or verb
    ‎branca (“claw, talon”) + ‎-olare → ‎brancolare (“to grope, to feel one's way in the dark”)
    ‎chioccia (“brooding hen”) + ‎-olare → ‎chiocciolare (“to cluck”) (of a hen)
    ‎svagare (“to amuse, to distract”) + ‎-olare → ‎svagolare (“to distract”) (Tuscan)

Usage notes

  • In stem-stressed forms, the stress is on the antepenultimate vowel (the one preceding the -ol- suffix), e.g. io svàgolo "I distract", lei chiòcciola "she clucks".

Conjugation

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -olare
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