dirugginire

Italian

Etymology

From di- + ruggine + -ire.

Verb

dirugginìre (first-person singular present dirugginìsco, first-person singular past historic dirugginìi, past participle dirugginìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. to remove rust from, to clean (something) of rust
  2. to grind (one's teeth), to gnash
  3. (figurative) to reactivate

Conjugation

Further reading

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