scemare

Meaning

1. (transitive) to decrease, to reduce, to diminish
2. (regional, transitive) to draw off a bit of wine from (a barrel, flask, etc.)
3. (intransitive) to decrease, to diminish, to wane, to subside [with di ‘in’]

Concepts

diminish

abate

lessen

reduce

die away

decline

fall

go down

lambaste

burn out

let up

shorten

shrink

slack

wane

slack off

decrease

cease burning

Synonyms

diminuire

attenuarsi

decrescere

abbassarsi

consumarsi

decrementare

affievolirsi

dechinare

declinare

far calare

Translations

disminuir

diminuer

menguar

diminuir

minguar

μειώνομαι

réduire

خَمَدَ

خَفَّ

تضاءل

انحط

تراخى

تناقص

حنى

انحسر

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.