sfarinare
Italian
Etymology
From s- + farina + -are. First attested in 1567.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sfa.riˈna.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: sfa‧ri‧nà‧re
Verb
sfarinàre (first-person singular present sfarìno, first-person singular past historic sfarinài, past participle sfarinàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to grind (grain) to flour
- (transitive, by extension) to pulverize
- (transitive, by extension) to pulp, to reduce to a pulp
- (intransitive) to crumble, to pulverize, to disintegrate [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive, by extension) to become a pulp, to reduce to a pulp [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of sfarinàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
Further reading
- sfarinare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana