affiancare

Italian

Etymology

From a- + fianco (flank) + -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /af.fjanˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: af‧fian‧cà‧re

Verb

affiancàre (first-person singular present affiànco, first-person singular past historic affiancài, past participle affiancàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to put beside, to put alongside
  2. (military) to arrange (platoons, companies) etc. side by side
  3. (figurative) to support, to encourage, to back up
    Synonym: spalleggiare
    Antonym: osteggiare

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