Italian edit

Etymology edit

From in- +‎ farina (flour) +‎ -are. Compare Catalan enfarinar, French enfariner, Portuguese enfarinhar, Romanian înfăina, Sicilian nfarinari, Spanish enharinar.

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

infarinàre (first-person singular present infarìno, first-person singular past historic infarinài, past participle infarinàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, cooking) to flour, to sprinkle with flour (e.g. for frying)
  2. (transitive, figurative, uncommon) to whiten, to powder, to turn (something) white
  3. (transitive, figurative, rare) to give a smattering of knowledge to (someone) [+ di (something) = about]

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Further reading edit

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

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