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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 Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

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