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Italian
Etymology
From schifo (“disgust, loathing”) + -are, from Old French eschiver (“to dread, shun, avoid”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skiˈfa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: schi‧fà‧re
Verb
schifàre (first-person singular present schìfo, first-person singular past historic schifài, past participle schifàto, auxiliary avére)
- (obsolete, transitive) to avoid, shy away from
- Synonym: evitare
- (obsolete, intransitive) to be reluctant
- (transitive) to loathe
- Synonym: disdegnare
- (transitive) to disgust, nauseate
- Synonyms: disgustare, nauseare
Conjugation
Further reading
- schifare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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