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fiorire

to blossom

verb fyoh-REE-reh Rare
Animals & Nature Plants

Origin: From Latin 'florere' (to flower), from 'flos' (flower).

Also means

to flourish

Usage Note

Fiorire means both to bloom physically (i ciliegi fioriscono in primavera = cherry trees bloom in spring) and to flourish in an abstract sense (la cultura fioriva = culture was flourishing). It follows the -isc- infix pattern of many -ire verbs (fiorisco, fiorisci, fiorisce). It takes essere as auxiliary when used intransitively in compound tenses: i fiori sono fioriti = the flowers have bloomed.

Examples

"I fiori di ciliegio fioriscono in primavera."

Natural Translation

Cherry blossoms bloom in spring.

Literal Translation

The flowers of cherry bloom in spring.

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