Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zmi.nuˈi.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: smi‧nu‧ì‧re

Verb

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sminuìre (first-person singular present sminuìsco, first-person singular past historic sminuìi, past participle sminuìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to belittle or slight
  2. (transitive) to diminish or debase
  3. (intransitive, uncommon, literary) to diminish, to lessen [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ sminuire in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication