raffinare

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Italian

Etymology

From ra- +‎ fine +‎ -are; cognate with Friulian rafinâ, Piedmontese rafiné.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raf.fiˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: raf‧fi‧nà‧re

Verb

raffinàre (first-person singular present raffìno, first-person singular past historic raffinài, past participle raffinàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to refine

Conjugation

    Conjugation of raffinàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive raffinàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund raffinàndo
present participle raffinànte past participle raffinàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present raffìno raffìni raffìna raffiniàmo raffinàte raffìnano
imperfect raffinàvo raffinàvi raffinàva raffinavàmo raffinavàte raffinàvano
past historic raffinài raffinàsti raffinò raffinàmmo raffinàste raffinàrono
future raffinerò raffinerài raffinerà raffinerémo raffineréte raffinerànno
conditional raffinerèi raffinerésti raffinerèbbe, raffinerébbe raffinerémmo raffineréste raffinerèbbero, raffinerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present raffìni raffìni raffìni raffiniàmo raffiniàte raffìnino
imperfect raffinàssi raffinàssi raffinàsse raffinàssimo raffinàste raffinàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
raffìna raffìni raffiniàmo raffinàte raffìnino
negative imperative non raffinàre non raffìni non raffiniàmo non raffinàte non raffìnino

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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