macchiare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to stain, mark, smear
  2. (transitive) to blot
  3. (transitive) to sully, tarnish

Concepts

stain
blot
smear
soil
sully
spot
corrupt

make dirty

contaminate
defile
taint
mark
dishonor
besmirch
fleck
dribble
dye
imbrue
maculate
paint
rub
scour
scrub
slander
smirch
smudge
tarnish
tinge
annoint

rub on

anoint
smutch
asperse
blacken
blob
blur
calumniate
cloud
☁️
color
colour
consecrate
damage
darken
defame
denigrate
draw
Synonyms

sporcare
24k
imbrattare
denigrare
48k
contaminare
36k
diffamare
49k
disonorare
42k
infangare
32k
insudiciare
versare
C2
macchiarsi
lordare
ungere
intaccare
46k
infamare
infangarsi
insozzare
offuscarsi
palpare
44k
sparlare
34k
spregiare
appannarsi
sporcarsi
26k
ungersi
tigne

mettersi di mezzo

annerire

dipingere di nero

calunniare
danneggiare
C2
dipingere
C1
disegnare
C1
infettare
27k
ingrassare
C2
offuscare
46k
rovinare
B2
strofinare
28k
tingere
appannare
colorare
28k
consacrare
Translations

manchar
manchar
tacher
beschmutzen
beflecken
macular
ensuciar
teñir
bevlekken
tacar
difamar

faire des taches

avilir
kleckern
Frequency

41k
Hyphenated as
mac‧chià‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/makˈkja.re/
Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *maclāre, from Latin maculāre.

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