soffiare
Meaning
- (intransitive, transitive) to blow
- (transitive) to blow (glass)
- (intransitive) to pant
- (figuratively, transitive) to whisper, to say in secret
- (figuratively, transitive) to insinuate
- (colloquial, figuratively, intransitive, transitive) to blurt out (to the authorities), to blab, to snitch, to spill the beans, to sing
- (transitive) to capture (a piece)
- (informal, transitive) to steal, to pinch
- (informal, transitive) to poach (someone's boyfriend or girlfriend)
- (intransitive) to hiss (cat)
Synonyms
suonare il flauto
soffià
cioffià
Frequency
Hyphenated as
sof‧fià‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sofˈfja.re/
Etymology
From Latin sufflāre.
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