assottigliare

Italian

Etymology

From a- + sottile (thin) + -are, or from a- + sottigliare (now obsolete), from Late Latin subtiliāre,[1][2] from Latin subtīlis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /as.sot.tiʎˈʎa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: as‧sot‧ti‧glià‧re

Verb

assottigliàre (first-person singular present assottìglio, first-person singular past historic assottigliài, past participle assottigliàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to thin
  2. to sharpen
  3. to make (someone or something) look slimmer
    quel vestito ti assottiglia
    that dress makes you look slim
  4. reduce, slim down, taper
  5. to make keener

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References

  1. assottigliare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  2. sottigliare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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