putrefare

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin putrefaciō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pu.treˈfa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: pu‧tre‧fà‧re

Verb

putrefàre (first-person singular present putrefàccio, first-person singular past historic putreféci, past participle putrefàtto, first-person singular imperfect putrefacévo, second-person singular imperative putrefài or putrefà', auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to putrefy, to rot
  2. (transitive, rare) to putrefy, to cause to rot

Conjugation

Further reading

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