prosciugare

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgar Latin *proexsūcāre, from Late Latin exsūcāre (to extract).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /proʃ.ʃuˈɡa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: pro‧sciu‧gà‧re

Verb[edit]

prosciugàre (first-person singular present prosciùgo, first-person singular past historic prosciugài, past participle prosciugàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to dry up
  2. (transitive, by extension) to overconsume (a resource); to eat up
    prosciugare le energieto consume all one's energy
  3. (transitive) to make (a person) extremely skinny
    la malattia lo sta prosciugando
    the illness is making him very skinny
  4. (transitive) to reclaim (wetlands, etc.)

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