Italian edit

Etymology edit

From ri- +‎ intonacare.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /rin.to.naˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: rin‧to‧na‧cà‧re

Verb edit

rintonacàre (first-person singular present rintònaco, first-person singular past historic rintonacài, past participle rintonacàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to replaster
  2. (figurative) to beautify, to make up (one's face, etc.)
  3. (figurative, humorous) to pass off/misrepresent as new

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Further reading edit

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

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