affogare

v/t and v/i drown

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affogare v.tr.

1 to drown

2 (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 oneself

2 (fig.) to throw* oneself (into sthg.).

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[affo'ɡare]

1. vi

(aus essere) (anche), fig to drown

per poco non affogavo — I nearly drowned

affogare in un bicchier d'acqua — to be unable to cope with the slightest difficulty

2. vt

(gen, fig) to drown

affogare i dispiaceri nell'alcol — to drown one's sorrows in drink

3. vr (affogarsi)

to drown o.s.

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[affo'gare] 1.

verbo transitivo to drown [persona, animale]

2.

verbo intransitivo (aus. essere) to drown

affogare nei debiti — fig. to be deep in debt, to be up to one's ears o eyes in debt

3.

verbo pronominale affogarsi to drown oneself

••

affogare in un bicchier d'acqua — to make a mountain out of a molehill

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affogare

/affo'gare/ [1]

I verbo transitivo

 to drown [persona, animale]

II verbo intransitivo

 (aus. essere) to drown; affogare nei debiti fig. to be deep in debt, to be up to one's ears o eyes in debt

III affogarsi verbo pronominale

 to drown oneself

IDIOMS

affogare in un bicchier d'acqua to make a mountain out of a molehill.