Italian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin explānāre. By surface analysis, s- +‎ piano +‎ -are.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /spjaˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spia‧nà‧re

Verb edit

spianàre (first-person singular present spiàno, first-person singular past historic spianài, past participle spianàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to level
  2. (transitive) to raze
  3. (transitive) to roll out (pasta)
  4. (transitive) to iron (laundry)
  5. (transitive) to smooth
  6. (intransitive, uncommon) to flatten out, to level out
  7. (intransitive, uncommon) to lie flat
  8. (intransitive, uncommon, colloquial) to eat everything, to gorge oneself

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Further reading edit

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

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