sfarinare

Italian

Etymology

From s- + farina + -are. First attested in 1567.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sfa.riˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sfa‧ri‧nà‧re

Verb

sfarinàre (first-person singular present sfarìno, first-person singular past historic sfarinài, past participle sfarinàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to grind (grain) to flour
  2. (transitive, by extension) to pulverize
  3. (transitive, by extension) to pulp, to reduce to a pulp
  4. (intransitive) to crumble, to pulverize, to disintegrate [auxiliary avere]
  5. (intransitive, by extension) to become a pulp, to reduce to a pulp [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • sfarinare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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