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Italian
Etymology
From earlier *asciucare, from Latin exsūcāre, from ex- + sucus (“juice, moisture”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aʃ.ʃuˈɡa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: a‧sciu‧gà‧re
Verb
asciugàre (first-person singular present asciùgo, first-person singular past historic asciugài, past participle asciugàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive) to dry
- (transitive) to wipe, to mop
- (transitive, by extension, humorous) to down, to quaff
- (transitive, slang) to annoy, to pester
- (intransitive) to dry out, to become dry
- (intransitive, figurative) to lose weight
Conjugation
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
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