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Italian
Etymology
From in- + grosso + -are.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.ɡrosˈsa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: in‧gros‧sà‧re
Verb
ingrossàre (first-person singular present ingròsso, first-person singular past historic ingrossài, past participle ingrossàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive) to increase
- (transitive) to enlarge, to swell
- (transitive) to thicken
- (transitive) to develop (one's muscles, etc.)
- (intransitive) to increase
- (intransitive) to enlarge, to swell
- (intransitive) to thicken
- (intransitive) to become pregnant (of an animal)
Conjugation
Further reading
- ingrossare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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