sfumare
Meaning
- (also, figuratively, transitive) to soften or lighten
- (transitive) to boil on a low heat
- (transitive) to taper (hair at the back of the neck)
- (intransitive) to fade or fade away
- (intransitive) to vanish, disappear
- (intransitive) to begin to resemble; to lighten [with in ‘towards (a different shade or color)’] [auxiliary essere] (of a color)
- (intransitive) to fade [with in ‘into’]
- (transitive) to blur (edges, borders, etc.)
Concepts
Translations
Hyphenated as
sfu‧mà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sfuˈma.re/
Etymology
From s- + fumo + -are.
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