-olare

== Italian == === Etymology === Rebracketing of denominal verbs ending in -are, formed from nouns ending in the diminutive suffix -olo<id:small>. By surface analysis, -olo +‎ -are. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oˈla.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: -o‧là‧re === Suffix === -olàre (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -olo, first-person singular past historic -olài, past participle -olàto, auxiliary avére) -ify; used to derive verbs related to a base noun or verb ‎branca (“claw, talon”) + ‎-olare → ‎brancolare (“to grope, to feel one's way in the dark”) ‎chioccia (“brooding hen”) + ‎-olare → ‎chiocciolare (“to cluck”) (of a hen) ‎svagare (“to amuse, to distract”) + ‎-olare → ‎svagolare (“to distract”) (Tuscan) ==== Usage notes ==== In stem-stressed forms, the stress is on the antepenultimate vowel (the one preceding the -ol- suffix), e.g. io svàgolo "I distract", lei chiòcciola "she clucks". ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ====