sfreddarsi

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Italian

Etymology

From sfreddare (to cool) +‎ -si (enclitic reflexive pronoun).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sfredˈdar.si/
  • Rhymes: -arsi
  • Hyphenation: sfred‧dàr‧si

Verb

sfreddàrsi (first-person singular present mi sfréddo, first-person singular past historic mi sfreddài, past participle sfreddàto) (pronominal)

  1. to cool down
    Synonym: raffreddarsi
    Lascia sfreddare la minestra prima di mangiarla
    Let the soup cool down before eating it
  2. (figurative, rare) to die down, to cool down
    Synonym: raffreddarsi
    • 1867, Ippolito Nievo, Le confessioni di un italiano [An Italian's Confessions], Treves-Treccani-Tumminelli, published 1931, page 351:
      il suo non era amore ma momentanea frenesia e che in due giorni si sarebbe sfreddata
      Hers was not love, but a temporary frenzy, that would have died down in two days

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