brunire

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See also: bruñiré

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French brunir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bruˈni.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: bru‧nì‧re

Verb

brunìre (first-person singular present brunìsco, first-person singular past historic brunìi, past participle brunìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to burnish, to polish (metal)
  2. (transitive, metallurgy) to burnish, to blacken (metal) (to chemically treat metal with black oxide to prevent oxidation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of brunìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive brunìre
auxiliary verb avére gerund brunèndo
present participle brunènte past participle brunìto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present brunìsco brunìsci brunìsce bruniàmo brunìte brunìscono
imperfect brunìvo brunìvi brunìva brunivàmo brunivàte brunìvano
past historic brunìi brunìsti brunì brunìmmo brunìste brunìrono
future brunirò brunirài brunirà brunirémo bruniréte brunirànno
conditional brunirèi brunirésti brunirèbbe, brunirébbe brunirémmo bruniréste brunirèbbero, brunirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present brunìsca brunìsca brunìsca bruniàmo bruniàte brunìscano
imperfect brunìssi brunìssi brunìsse brunìssimo brunìste brunìssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
brunìsci brunìsca bruniàmo brunìte brunìscano
negative imperative non brunìre non brunìsca non bruniàmo non brunìte non brunìscano

Derived terms

Further reading

  • brunire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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