inalbare

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin inalbāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.nalˈba.re/
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  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: i‧nal‧bà‧re

Verb

inalbàre (first-person singular present inàlbo, first-person singular past historic inalbài, past participle inalbàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere) (literary)

  1. (transitive) to make white, to whiten
    Synonym: imbiancare
    • 1825, Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade [Iliad]‎, Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, published 1840, Libro X, page 206:
      Quale il marito di Giunon lampeggia, ¶ quando prepara una gran piova o grandine, ¶ o folta neve ad inalbare i campi ¶ o fracasso di guerra voratrice
      Like Juno's husband thunders when preparing great rain or hail or thick snow to whiten the fields or din of devastating war
  2. (rare, intransitive) to become white, to whiten
    Synonyms: imbiancarsi, inalbarsi
  3. (rare, archaic, intransitive) to become turbid and whitish (of a liquid)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inalbàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive inalbàre
auxiliary verb avére1, èssere2 gerund inalbàndo
present participle inalbànte past participle inalbàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present inàlbo inàlbi inàlba inalbiàmo inalbàte inàlbano
imperfect inalbàvo inalbàvi inalbàva inalbavàmo inalbavàte inalbàvano
past historic inalbài inalbàsti inalbò inalbàmmo inalbàste inalbàrono
future inalberò inalberài inalberà inalberémo inalberéte inalberànno
conditional inalberèi inalberésti inalberèbbe, inalberébbe inalberémmo inalberéste inalberèbbero, inalberébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present inàlbi inàlbi inàlbi inalbiàmo inalbiàte inàlbino
imperfect inalbàssi inalbàssi inalbàsse inalbàssimo inalbàste inalbàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
inàlba inàlbi inalbiàmo inalbàte inàlbino
negative imperative non inalbàre non inàlbi non inalbiàmo non inalbàte non inàlbino

1Transitive.
2Intransitive.

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Verb

inalbāre

  1. inflection of inalbō:
    1. second-person singular present passive indicative/imperative
    2. present active infinitive
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