sfangare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From s- +‎ fango +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sfanˈɡa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sfan‧gà‧re

Verb

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sfangàre (first-person singular present sfàngo, first-person singular past historic sfangài, past participle sfangàto, auxiliary (transitive or intransitive) avére or (alternatively in the intransitive meaning "to extricate oneself from the mud") èssere)

  1. (transitive, archaic) to clean of mud
  2. (transitive, mining) to wash muddy debris from (a mineral or ore)
  3. (intransitive) to extricate oneself from the mud [auxiliary essere or avere]
  4. (intransitive) to sink in the mud as one walks [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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