attizzare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to poke (a fire)
  2. (transitive) to stoke
  3. (transitive) to stir up (trouble, etc.)
  4. (colloquial, transitive) to sexually arouse

Synonyms

attizzare il fuoco

fare il fuoco

fare il fuoco da campo

fare bruciare

bruciare al fuoco

incinerire

scatizzare

Hyphenated as
at‧tiz‧zà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/at.titˈt͡sa.re/
Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *attītiāre, derived from Latin tītiō (“firebrand”). By surface analysis, a- + tizzo + -are.

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