traforare

Italian

Etymology

From Latin trānsforāre, from trāns- (across) + forāre (to pierce). Cognate with Piedmontese traforé/trafuré.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tra.foˈra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: tra‧fo‧rà‧re

Verb

traforàre (first-person singular present trafòro or (traditional) trafóro[1], first-person singular past historic traforài, past participle traforàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to pierce
  2. (transitive) to drill, bore
  3. (transitive) to tunnel through

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Derived terms

References

  1. traforo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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