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)

  1. (intransitive) to be or appear white [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive) to turn white, to whiten, to bleach [auxiliary avere]
  3. (intransitive, by extension) to turn white-haired
    Synonym: incanutire
  4. (transitive) to make white, to whiten, to bleach

Conjugation edit

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Further reading edit

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

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