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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French édulcorer, from Medieval Latin ēdulcōrāre, from Late Latin dulcārī (“sweetness”), from Classical Latin dulcis (“sweet”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.dul.koˈra.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: e‧dul‧co‧rà‧re
Verb
edulcoràre (first-person singular present edùlcoro, first-person singular past historic edulcorài, past participle edulcoràto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to sweeten
- Synonyms: addolcire, dolcificare
- (transitive) to attenuate, to mitigate
Conjugation
Derived terms
Further reading
- edulcorare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
From edulcora + -re.
Noun
edulcorare f (plural edulcorări)
- attenuation
Declension
Spanish
Verb
edulcorare
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive of edulcorar