scemare
- (transitive) to decrease, to reduce, to diminish
- (regional, transitive) to draw off a bit of wine from (a barrel, flask, etc.)
- (intransitive) to decrease, to diminish, to wane, to subside [with di ‘in’]
Hyphenated as
sce‧mà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃeˈma.re/
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *exsēmāre, from Latin sēmis (“a half”). Compare Sicilian scimuniri and scimunitu.
dechinare
far calare
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