Italian edit

Etymology edit

From di- +‎ ruggine +‎ -ire.

Verb edit

dirugginìre (first-person singular present dirugginìsco, first-person singular past historic dirugginìi, past participle dirugginìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. to remove rust from, to clean (something) of rust
  2. to grind (one's teeth), to gnash
  3. (figurative) to reactivate

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

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