sbiancare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From s- + bianco (“white”) + -are.
Verb edit
sbiancàre (first-person singular present sbiànco, first-person singular past historic sbiancài, past participle sbiancàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive) to whiten, to bleach
- (transitive, by extension, also figurative) to make pale, to cause to blanch
- (intransitive) to whiten, to turn white [auxiliary essere]
- (intransitive, by extension, also figurative) to turn pale, to blanch [auxiliary essere]
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of sbiancàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.