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1 affogare
v/t and v/i drown* * *affogare v.tr.1 to drown2 (fig.) to drown, to smother, to stifle: affogare qlcu. di complimenti, to smother s.o. with kindness; affogare i dispiaceri, to drown one's sorrows◆ v. intr. to drown, to be drowned: cadde nell'acqua e affogò, he fell into the water and drowned (o was drowned) // affogare nei debiti, to be overburdened with debts (o fam. to be up to one's eyes in debt) // affogare in un bicchiere d'acqua, to drown in an inch of water // o bere o affogare, to be between the devil and the deep blue sea.◘ affogarsi v.rifl.1 to drown oneself2 (fig.) to throw* oneself (into sthg.).* * *[affo'ɡare]1. vi2. vt(gen, fig) to drown3. vr (affogarsi)to drown o.s.* * *[affo'gare] 1.verbo transitivo to drown [persona, animale]2.3.affogare nei debiti — fig. to be deep in debt, to be up to one's ears o eyes in debt
••* * *affogare/affo'gare/ [1]to drown [persona, animale](aus. essere) to drown; affogare nei debiti fig. to be deep in debt, to be up to one's ears o eyes in debtIII affogarsi verbo pronominaleto drown oneselfaffogare in un bicchier d'acqua to make a mountain out of a molehill.
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