prosciugare
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin *proexsūcāre, from Late Latin exsūcāre (“to extract”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editprosciugàre (first-person singular present prosciùgo, first-person singular past historic prosciugài, past participle prosciugàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to dry up
- (transitive, by extension) to overconsume (a resource); to eat up
- prosciugare le energie ― to consume all one's energy
- (transitive) to make (a person) extremely skinny
- la malattia lo sta prosciugando
- the illness is making him very skinny
- (transitive) to reclaim (wetlands, etc.)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of prosciugàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
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- Italian terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
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- Italian lemmas
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- Italian verbs ending in -are
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