Italian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From in- +‎ vaio (blackish) +‎ -are.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /in.vaˈja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: in‧va‧ià‧re

Verb edit

invaiàre (first-person singular present invàio, first-person singular past historic invaiài, past participle invaiàto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to blacken (to become black) (of grapes and olives) [auxiliary essere]
  2. (intransitive, by extension) to reach the color proper of ripeness (of other fruits) [auxiliary essere]
  3. (transitive, rare) to blacken (to cause to become black)

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

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