smaltire

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to digest (food, etc.)
  2. (broadly, transitive) to get over (a problem, disappointment, etc.)
  3. (broadly, figuratively, transitive) to swallow (put up with)
  4. (broadly, transitive) to dispose of (waste)
  5. (broadly, transitive) to lose weight
  6. (transitive) to drain off or away
  7. (broadly, informal, transitive) to sell off (goods), to get rid of

Concepts

Translations

Frequency

22k
Hyphenated as
smal‧tì‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/zmalˈti.re/
Etymology

Likely from Gothic *𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*smaltjan); in any case ultimately from Proto-Germanic *smaltijaną. Compare German schmelzen (“to melt”).

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