Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old French esmarrir, from marir (to frustrate, to sadden), from Frankish *marrijan.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /zmarˈri.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: smar‧rì‧re

Verb edit

smarrìre (first-person singular present smarrìsco, first-person singular past historic smarrìi, past participle smarrìto, auxiliary (transitive, or alternatively when intransitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to lose
  2. (transitive) to stray from (a path)
  3. (intransitive, archaic or Tuscan) to fade, to discolor [auxiliary essere or avere]
  4. (intransitive, poetic, figurative) to turn pale, to blanch [auxiliary essere or avere]

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