sfarinare

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From s- +‎ farina +‎ -are. First attested in 1567.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /sfa.riˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sfa‧ri‧nà‧re

Verb[edit]

sfarinàre (first-person singular present sfarìno, first-person singular past historic sfarinài, past participle sfarinàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to grind (grain) to flour
  2. (transitive, by extension) to pulverize
  3. (transitive, by extension) to pulp, to reduce to a pulp
  4. (intransitive) to crumble, to pulverize, to disintegrate [auxiliary avere]
  5. (intransitive, by extension) to become a pulp, to reduce to a pulp [auxiliary avere]

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Further reading[edit]

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

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