raffinare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From ra- + fine + -are; cognate with Friulian rafinâ, Piedmontese rafiné.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
raffinàre (first-person singular present raffìno, first-person singular past historic raffinài, past participle raffinàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to refine
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of raffinàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- raffinare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana