sfiorare

Meaning

1. (transitive) to brush over, to touch lightly
2. (figuratively, transitive) to skim over (a topic)
3. (transitive) to nearly achieve (but not succeed in)
4. (transitive) to be on the verge of

Concepts

graze

touch

scratch

skim

sweep

wear away

skim over

brush

depasture

scrape

Synonyms

toccare

rasentare

affrontare

agganciare

🪝

palpare

pillica’

Translations

rozar

frôler

effleurer

tocar

descremar

berühren

écrémer

touchieren

toucher

streifen

friser

zwischendurch naschen

abschrammen

αγγίζω

aufschürfen

Hyphenated as

sfio‧rà‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sfjoˈra.re/

Etymology

From s- + fiore, compare French effleurer.