flottare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French flotter.

Verb

flottàre (first-person singular present flòtto, first-person singular past historic flottài, past participle flottàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to undulate (of the sea) [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive) to bob (of an object floating in the water) [auxiliary avere]
  3. (intransitive) to glide on the water (of a seaplane) [auxiliary avere]
  4. (transitive) to float (logs)
  5. to separate (minerals) using flotation

Conjugation

Further reading

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

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