balenare

== Italian == === Etymology === Uncertain. Perhaps from balena (“whale”), due to a popular habit of indicating atmospherical phenomena using the names of sea monsters +‎ -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.leˈna.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: ba‧le‧nà‧re === Verb === balenàre (first-person singular present baléno, first-person singular past historic balenài, past participle balenàto, auxiliary èssere or (alternatively when impersonal) avére) (intransitive) (impersonal) to flash with lightning [auxiliary avere or essere] (rare, personal) to flash with lightning (of the sky) [auxiliary essere] to flash like lightning [auxiliary essere] (figurative) to appear suddenly (of thoughts and ideas) [auxiliary essere] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== baleno === References === === Anagrams === balenerà, balneare