soffiare

Meaning

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to blow
  2. (transitive) to blow (glass)
  3. (intransitive) to pant
  4. (figuratively, transitive) to whisper, to say in secret
  5. (figuratively, transitive) to insinuate
  6. (colloquial, figuratively, intransitive, transitive) to blurt out (to the authorities), to blab, to snitch, to spill the beans, to sing
  7. (transitive) to capture (a piece)
  8. (informal, transitive) to steal, to pinch
  9. (informal, transitive) to poach (someone's boyfriend or girlfriend)
  10. (intransitive) to hiss (cat)

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
sof‧fià‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sofˈfja.re/
Etymology

From Latin sufflāre.

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