ammosciare

to go limp

verb ahm-moh-SHAH-reh Rare

Also means

to wilt

Usage Note

Ammosciare means to become soft, limp, or deflated — used of objects (a flat tyre, a wilted plant) and colloquially of people losing energy or enthusiasm. The reflexive ammosciarsi ('to wilt, to lose steam') is very common in informal speech. It takes essere (reflexive) or avere (transitive) as auxiliary. Cognate with moscio (limp, flat).

Examples

"Il pallone si è ammosciato durante la partita."

Natural Translation

The ball went flat during the match.

Literal Translation

The ball itself is gone-limp during the match.

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