spianare

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Italian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin explānāre. By surface analysis, s- +‎ piano +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spjaˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spia‧nà‧re

Verb

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spianàre (first-person singular present spiàno, first-person singular past historic spianài, past participle spianàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to level
  2. (transitive) to raze
  3. (transitive) to roll out (pasta)
  4. (transitive) to iron (laundry)
  5. (transitive) to smooth
  6. (intransitive, uncommon) to flatten out, to level out
  7. (intransitive, uncommon) to lie flat
  8. (intransitive, uncommon, colloquial) to eat everything, to gorge oneself

Conjugation

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Further reading

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

Anagrams

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