affocare

• affuocare (less preferred)

From a- (“to, towards”) +‎ foco (alternative form of fuoco (“fire”)) +‎ -are (1^st-conjugation verbal suffix).

• IPA^(key): /af.foˈka.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: af‧fo‧cà‧re

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1. (transitive) to burn

   Synonyms: bruciare, incendiare

   • 1314, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VIII”, in Inferno‎, lines 73–75; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata‎, 2^nd revised edition, Florence: Casa Editrice Le Lettere, 1994:

     […] Ed ei mi disse: « Il foco etterno
     ch’entro l’affoca le dimostra rosse,
     come tu vedi in questo basso inferno ».

     And he told me: "The eternal fire that kindles them within makes them look red, as you see in this nether Hell."

2. (transitive) to make red hot

   Synonym: arroventare

3. (transitive, figurative) to inflame, to excite

   Synonyms: eccitare, infiammare

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• affocare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana