raddolcire

Italian

Etymology

From ra- + addolcire.

Verb

raddolcìre (first-person singular present raddolcìsco, first-person singular past historic raddolcìi, past participle raddolcìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to sweeten
  2. (transitive, figurative) to soften, to soothe, to mitigate
  3. (transitive, metallurgy) to soften, to make more ductile
  4. (transitive, phonetics, uncommon) to lenite
    Synonym: lenire
  5. (transitive, phonetics, uncommon) to palatalize
    Synonym: palatalizzare

Conjugation

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