Italian edit

Etymology edit

From porfiro +‎ -izzare.

Verb edit

  This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

porfirizzàre (first-person singular present porfirìzzo, first-person singular past historic porfirizzài, past participle porfirizzàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to pulverize (typically in the preparation of a medicine powder)

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Further reading edit

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

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