infiggere

to drive in, to fix into

verb een-FEEJ-jeh-reh Rare

Origin: From Latin 'infigere', to fasten in.

Usage Note

Infiggere is an irregular verb of the second conjugation; its past participle is infisso, and it takes avere as auxiliary. It means to drive or thrust something into a surface — infiggere un chiodo (to drive in a nail), infiggere un paletto (to fix a stake). The related noun infissione refers to the action, while infisso refers to what is fixed in (e.g. a window frame).

Examples

"Infiggono i pali nel terreno ogni metro."

Natural Translation

They drive stakes into the ground every metre.

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