insussurrare

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnsusurrāre (to insinuate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.sus.surˈra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: in‧sus‧sur‧rà‧re

Verb

insussurràre (first-person singular present insussùrro, first-person singular past historic insussurrài, past participle insussurràto, auxiliary avére) (literary, rare)

  1. (transitive) to whisper in someone's ear
  2. (transitive, by extension) to covertly suggest or propose

Conjugation

Further reading

  • insussurrare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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