imbalsamare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
imbalsamàre (first-person singular present imbàlsamo, first-person singular past historic imbalsamài, past participle imbalsamàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to embalm
- (transitive, figurative) to keep intact, to preserve from oblivion
- (transitive, figurative) to imprison in a rigid ideology
- (transitive) to perfume, to embalm, to make fragrant or aromatic
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of imbalsamàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
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Further reading edit
- imbalsamare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana