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Italian
Etymology
Perhaps from Late Latin scarificāre, from Latin scarifāre (“to scarify”), from Ancient Greek σκαριφάομαι (skaripháomai, “to scratch an outline”). Compare French scarifier (“to scarify”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skalˈfi.re/
- Rhymes: -ire
- Hyphenation: scal‧fì‧re
Verb
scalfìre (first-person singular present scalfìsco, first-person singular past historic scalfìi, past participle scalfìto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to scratch or graze
- (transitive) to touch, affect or hurt
Conjugation
Further reading
- scalfire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana