spazzolare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
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Verb edit
spazzolàre (first-person singular present spàzzolo, first-person singular past historic spazzolài, past participle spazzolàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to scrub with a brush, to brush, to scour
- (colloquial, regional) to devour, to polish off, to gulp down
- Synonyms: spazzare, divorare, trangugiare, ingurgitare
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of spazzolàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
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Further reading edit
- spazzolare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana