sfumare

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Italian

Etymology

From s- +‎ fumo +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sfuˈma.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sfu‧mà‧re
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Verb

sfumàre (first-person singular present sfùmo, first-person singular past historic sfumài, past participle sfumàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive, also figurative) to soften or lighten
  2. (transitive, cooking) to boil on a low heat
  3. (transitive) to taper (hair at the back of the neck)
  4. (intransitive) to fade or fade away
    le nuvole stanno sfumando
    the clouds are fading away
  5. (intransitive) to vanish, disappear
  6. (intransitive) to begin to resemble; to lighten (of a color)
    un marrone che sfuma nel arancione
    a brown that begins to resemble an orange (color)
  7. (intransitive) to fade
    le linee del paesaggio sfumano nella luce del tramonto
    the lines of the landscape fade into the light of the sunset
  8. (transitive) to blur (edges, borders, etc.)
    sfumare i bordini della figura
    to blur the borders of the figure

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sfumàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive sfumàre
auxiliary verb avére1, èssere2 gerund sfumàndo
present participle sfumànte past participle sfumàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present sfùmo sfùmi sfùma sfumiàmo sfumàte sfùmano
imperfect sfumàvo sfumàvi sfumàva sfumavàmo sfumavàte sfumàvano
past historic sfumài sfumàsti sfumò sfumàmmo sfumàste sfumàrono
future sfumerò sfumerài sfumerà sfumerémo sfumeréte sfumerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present sfumerèi sfumerésti sfumerèbbe, sfumerébbe sfumerémmo sfumeréste sfumerèbbero, sfumerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present sfùmi sfùmi sfùmi sfumiàmo sfumiàte sfùmino
imperfect sfumàssi sfumàssi sfumàsse sfumàssimo sfumàste sfumàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
sfùma sfùmi sfumiàmo sfumàte sfùmino
negative imperative non sfumàre non sfùmi non sfumiàmo non sfumàte non sfùmino

1Transitive.
2Intransitive.

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