sfumare

From s- +‎ fumo +‎ -are.

• IPA^(key): /sfuˈma.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: sfu‧mà‧re

sfumàre (first-person singular present sfùmo, first-person singular past historic sfumài, past participle sfumàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

1. (transitive, also figurative) to soften or lighten
2. (transitive, cooking) to boil on a low heat
3. (transitive) to taper (hair at the back of the neck)
4. (intransitive) to fade or fade away [auxiliary essere]

   le nuvole stanno sfumando

   the clouds are fading away

5. (intransitive) to vanish, disappear [auxiliary essere]
6. (intransitive) to begin to resemble; to lighten [+ in (object) = towards (a different shade or color)] [auxiliary essere] (of a color)

   un marrone che sfuma nel arancione

   a brown that begins to resemble an orange (color)

7. (intransitive) to fade [+ in (object) = into] [auxiliary essere]

   le linee del paesaggio sfumano nella luce del tramonto

   the lines of the landscape fade into the light of the sunset

8. (transitive) to blur (edges, borders, etc.)

   sfumare i bordini della figura

   to blur the borders of the figure

• sfumato
• sfumatura f

• sfumerà