Italian

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Etymology

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From di- +‎ staffa +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /di.stafˈfa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: di‧staf‧fà‧re

Verb

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distaffàre (first-person singular present distàffo, first-person singular past historic distaffài, past participle distaffàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, foundry) to remove the moulding/molding box from

Conjugation

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Further reading

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