Italian

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Etymology

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From s- +‎ bava +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zbaˈva.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sba‧và‧re

Verb

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sbavàre (first-person singular present sbàvo, first-person singular past historic sbavài, past participle sbavàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to drool, to slobber, to slaver
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to dribble out
  3. (intransitive) to run, smear, smudge, leak
  4. (intransitive, figurative, informal) to drool after, to jones for
  5. (transitive) to smudge
  6. (transitive) to deburr

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • sbavare1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • sbavare2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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