adulare

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See also: adularé

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin adūlārī.[1] Compare Spanish and Portuguese adular.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.duˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: a‧du‧là‧re

Verb

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adulàre (first-person singular present àdulo or (traditional, careful style) adùlo[2], first-person singular past historic adulài, past participle adulàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to flatter, to adulate, to soft-soap
    Synonyms: lusingare, blandire, insaponare
    Quel suo modo di adularmi, mi ha esaurito.
    His/her certain way of flattering me has exhausted me.

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ adulare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. ^ adulo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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adūlāre

  1. second-person singular present active imperative/indicative of adūlor

Romanian

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Etymology

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From adula +‎ -re.

Noun

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adulare f (plural adulări)

  1. adulation

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative adulare adularea adulări adulările
genitive-dative adulări adulării adulări adulărilor
vocative adulare, adulareo adulărilor

Spanish

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Verb

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adulare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of adular