detergere

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See also: detergeré

Italian

Etymology

From Latin dētergēre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deˈtɛr.d͡ʒe.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrdʒere
  • Hyphenation: de‧tèr‧ge‧re

Verb

detèrgere (first-person singular present detèrgo, first-person singular past historic detèrsi, past participle detèrso, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to cleanse, to clean, to wash
    Synonyms: pulire, lavare

Conjugation

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

dētergēre

  1. present active infinitive of dētergeō