smarrire

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to lose
  2. (transitive) to stray from (a path)
  3. (intransitive) to fade, to discolor
  4. (figuratively, intransitive, poetic) to turn pale, to blanch

Synonyms

mettere fuori posto

Hyphenated as
smar‧rì‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/zmarˈri.re/
Etymology

Borrowed from Old French esmarrir, from marir (“to frustrate, to sadden”), from Frankish *marrijan.

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