Italian edit

Etymology edit

From lievito +‎ -are. Compare Spanish leudar, Portuguese levedar.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /lje.viˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: lie‧vi‧tà‧re

Verb edit

lievitàre (first-person singular present lièvito or liévito[1], first-person singular past historic lievitài, past participle lievitàto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to rise (of bread or quicklime) [auxiliary essere]
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to rise, to increase (of prices) [auxiliary essere]
  3. (transitive) to leaven

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References edit

  1. ^ lievito in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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