affermarla

Affermarla is the infinitive form of the Italian verb affermare with the feminine singular clitic pronoun la attached. It literally means to affirm it or to affirm her, depending on what la refers to in context. The construction shows how Italian combines a verb of assertion with a direct-object pronoun.

Morphology and use The base verb affermare means to affirm, declare true, or assert. It is a regular -are verb. When the direct object is feminine singular, the pronoun la attaches to the infinitive, yielding affermarla. Pronoun placement follows standard Italian rules: the clitic can be attached to the infinitive (as in affermarla) or placed before a finite auxiliary verb in compound tenses (e.g., ho affermato it would be affermato with a different object). With other tenses or moods, the pronoun agreement changes accordingly (affermarla, affermarle, etc., depending on number and gender).

Usage notes The expression is used to indicate the act of confirming or asserting a statement or claim that refers to a feminine noun or a feminine-pronoun referent. It often appears in legal, academic, journalistic, or argumentative writing, where a claim must be explicitly supported or verified. It is distinct from affermare in general sense only by the attached object pronoun; without la, it remains a straightforward infinitive meaning to affirm.

Examples It can appear in sentences such as: dobbiamo affermarla in conferenza (we must affirm it in the conference) or affermarla richiede dati affidabili (affirming it requires reliable data).

See also affermare; Italian grammar; clitic pronouns.