addolcare

Italian

Etymology

From a- + dolco + -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ad.dolˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ad‧dol‧cà‧re

Verb

addolcàre (first-person singular present addólco, first-person singular past historic addolcài, past participle addolcàto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive, archaic or Tuscan) to become milder or more temperate (of the weather) [auxiliary essere]
  2. (transitive, obsolete) to sweeten, to make sweeter
  3. (transitive, obsolete) to soften, to make softer
  4. (transitive, obsolete, figurative) to cause to rejoice

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