assottigliare
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom a- + sottile (“thin”) + -are, or from a- + sottigliare (now obsolete), from Late Latin subtiliāre,[1][2] from Latin subtīlis.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editassottigliàre (first-person singular present assottìglio, first-person singular past historic assottigliài, past participle assottigliàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to thin
- to sharpen
- to make (someone or something) look slimmer
- quel vestito ti assottiglia
- that dress makes you look slim
- reduce, slim down, taper
- to make keener
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of assottigliàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ assottigliare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- ^ sottigliare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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