Italian

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Late Latin scarificāre, from Latin scarifāre (to scarify), from Ancient Greek σκαριφάομαι (skaripháomai, to scratch an outline). Compare French scarifier (to scarify).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /skalˈfi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: scal‧fì‧re

Verb

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scalfìre (first-person singular present scalfìsco, first-person singular past historic scalfìi, past participle scalfìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to scratch or graze
  2. (transitive) to touch, affect or hurt

Conjugation

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Further reading

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