affondare

Italian (Fiorentino)

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to sink to submerge into a liquid, to cause to be submerged into a liquid
  • (transitive) to sink, to dig, to plunge
  • (transitive) To deepen by digging.
  • (intransitive) to sink, to founder
  • (intransitive) to sink to be overwhelmed

Etymology

Inherited from Latin *affundāre.

Origin

Latin

*affundāre

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