appassire
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom a- + passo (“dried”) + -ire.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editappassìre (first-person singular present appassìsco, first-person singular past historic appassìi, past participle appassìto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)
- (intransitive, also figurative) to wither, to shrivel [auxiliary essere]
- Synonym: (rare) passire
- (intransitive, figurative) to fade [auxiliary essere]
- (transitive, uncommon) to cause to shrivel
- (transitive, wine) to dry (bunches of grapes) by exposure to the sun prior to winemaking
- (transitive, cooking) to sweat / to cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content
- Synonym: far sudare
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of appassìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Intransitive.
2Transitive.
Derived terms
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editCategories:
- Italian terms prefixed with a-
- Italian terms suffixed with -ire
- Italian 4-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ire
- Rhymes:Italian/ire/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian verbs
- Italian verbs ending in -ire
- Italian verbs taking essere as auxiliary
- Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary
- Italian intransitive verbs
- Italian transitive verbs
- Italian terms with uncommon senses
- it:Wine
- it:Cooking
- it:Death