affinare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ fine +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /af.fiˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: af‧fi‧nà‧re

Verb

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affinàre (first-person singular present affìno, first-person singular past historic affinài, past participle affinàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to refine
  2. (transitive) to sharpen

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

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