Italian edit

Etymology edit

From a- +‎ bruno +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ab.bruˈni.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: ab‧bru‧nì‧re

Verb edit

abbrunìre (first-person singular present abbrunìsco, first-person singular past historic abbrunìi, past participle abbrunìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to make brown, to darken
  2. (transitive) to tan (the skin)
  3. (transitive) to burnish (metal)
  4. (intransitive) to tan, to get a tan [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

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