Italian

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *rāsāre (compare French raser), a frequentative verb formed from Latin rāsus, past participle of rādō, from Proto-Italic *razdō, from Proto-Indo-European *rh₁d-dʰ-, extended from *reh₁d- (to scrape, scratch, gnaw).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /raˈza.re/, (traditional) /raˈsa.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ra‧sà‧re

Verb

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rasàre (first-person singular present ràso, first-person singular past historic rasài, past participle rasàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to shave (a beard)
  2. (transitive) to trim, clip (a hedge)
  3. (transitive) to mow (a lawn)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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

Anagrams

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Spanish

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Verb

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rasare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of rasar