biancheggiare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From bianco (“white”) + -eggiare.
Verb edit
biancheggiàre (first-person singular present bianchéggio, first-person singular past historic biancheggiài, past participle biancheggiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to be or appear white [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive) to turn white, to whiten, to bleach [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive, by extension) to turn white-haired
- Synonym: incanutire
- (transitive) to make white, to whiten, to bleach
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of biancheggiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- biancheggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana