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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French engrener.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.ɡraˈna.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: in‧gra‧nà‧re
Verb
ingranàre (first-person singular present ingràno, first-person singular past historic ingranài, past participle ingranàto, auxiliary avére)
- (mechanical engineering, automotive, transitive) to engage (a gear)
- Synonym: innestare
- (mechanical engineering, automotive, intransitive) to mesh (of a gear)
- (mechanical engineering, intransitive) to seize, to jam (of a mechanism)
- (intransitive, informal) to head in the right direction (especially when prospects originally seemed unpromising)
- Synonyms: avviarsi, andare bene, funzionare, riuscire, procedere
ora i voti iniziano ad ingranare- now my grades are starting to head in the right direction
- (intransitive, informal, chiefly in the negative) to feel oneself (of a person)
- oggi non ingrano ― I'm not feeling myself today
- (intransitive, informal) to fit in; to get on
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