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Italian
Etymology
From a- + sottile (“thin”) + -are, or from a- + sottigliare (now obsolete), from Late Latin subtiliāre, from Latin subtīlis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /as.sot.tiʎˈʎa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: as‧sot‧ti‧glià‧re
Verb
assottigliàre (first-person singular present assottìglio, first-person singular past historic assottigliài, past participle assottigliàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to thin
- to sharpen
- to make (someone or something) look slimmer
quel vestito ti assottiglia- that dress makes you look slim
- reduce, slim down, taper
- to make keener
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References
- ^ assottigliare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- ^ sottigliare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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