insalare

Italian

Etymology

From in- + sale (salt) + -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.saˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: in‧sa‧là‧re

Verb

insalàre (first-person singular present insàlo, first-person singular past historic insalài, past participle insalàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, rare) to season with salt; to salt
    Synonym: salare
  2. (transitive, poetic) to cause to become salt or saline
  3. (transitive, figurative, archaic) to regulate wisely

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Further reading

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

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