smaltire
Meaning
- (transitive) to digest (food, etc.)
- (broadly, transitive) to get over (a problem, disappointment, etc.)
- (broadly, figuratively, transitive) to swallow (put up with)
- (broadly, transitive) to dispose of (waste)
- (broadly, transitive) to lose weight
- (transitive) to drain off or away
- (broadly, informal, transitive) to sell off (goods), to get rid of
Translations
Frequency
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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