allocchire

Italian

Etymology

    From allocco +‎ -ire.

    Verb

    allocchìre (first-person singular present allocchìsco, first-person singular past historic allocchìi, past participle allocchìto, auxiliary èssere)

    1. (intransitive) to be dismayed, dumbfounded, astounded
    2. (intransitive) to become stupid, dull

    Conjugation

    Further reading

    • “allocchire”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026