Italian

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Etymology

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From ri- +‎ imbiancare.

Verb

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rimbiancàre (first-person singular present rimbiànco, first-person singular past historic rimbiancài, past participle rimbiancàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to repaint white, to whitewash again
  2. (transitive) to whiten again, to bleach again, to make white again
  3. (intransitive, colloquial Tuscan) to turn white again [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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