appassire

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Italian

Etymology

From a- +‎ passo (“dried”) +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ap.pasˈsi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: ap‧pas‧sì‧re

Verb

appassìre (first-person singular present appassìsco, first-person singular past historic appassìi, past participle appassìto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive, also figurative) to wither, to shrivel
    Synonym: (rare) passire
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to fade
  3. (transitive, uncommon) to cause to shrivel
  4. (transitive, wine) to dry (bunches of grapes) by exposure to the sun prior to winemaking
  5. (transitive, cooking) to sweat / to cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content
    Synonym: far sudare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of appassìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive appassìre
auxiliary verb èssere1, avére2 gerund appassèndo
present participle appassènte past participle appassìto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present appassìsco appassìsci appassìsce appassiàmo appassìte appassìscono
imperfect appassìvo appassìvi appassìva appassivàmo appassivàte appassìvano
past historic appassìi appassìsti appassì appassìmmo appassìste appassìrono
future appassirò appassirài appassirà appassirémo appassiréte appassirànno
conditional appassirèi appassirésti appassirèbbe, appassirébbe appassirémmo appassiréste appassirèbbero, appassirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present appassìsca appassìsca appassìsca appassiàmo appassiàte appassìscano
imperfect appassìssi appassìssi appassìsse appassìssimo appassìste appassìssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
appassìsci appassìsca appassiàmo appassìte appassìscano
negative imperative non appassìre non appassìsca non appassiàmo non appassìte non appassìscano

1Intransitive.
2Transitive.

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