decuocere

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deˈkwɔ.t͡ʃe.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɔtʃere
  • Hyphenation: de‧cuò‧ce‧re

Verb

decuòcere (first-person singular present decuòcio, first-person singular past historic decòssi, past participle decòtto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere) (cooking)

  1. (transitive) to decoct (to reduce by boiling down)
  2. (intransitive) to boil down [auxiliary essere]
  3. (transitive) to pour cold water into a boiling mixture to block further cooking
  4. (transitive) to block the cooking of (caramel) by slowly adding water, cream, etc.

Conjugation

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