smagrire

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Italian

Etymology

From s- +‎ magro +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zmaˈɡri.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: sma‧grì‧re

Verb

smagrìre (first-person singular present smagrìsco, first-person singular past historic smagrìi, past participle smagrìto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive, informal) to become thin, to lose weight
    Synonym: dimagrire
  2. (transitive, informal) to emaciate
  3. (transitive, technical, automotive, nautical) to thin, to make thiner or leaner (clay-based materials, coal, a fuel mixture, a sail, etc.)
  4. (transitive) to make thinner (in general)
  5. (transitive, agriculture) to exhaust, to impoverish, to deplete (the soil)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of smagrìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive smagrìre
auxiliary verb èssere1, avére2 gerund smagrèndo
present participle smagrènte past participle smagrìto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present smagrìsco smagrìsci smagrìsce smagriàmo smagrìte smagrìscono
imperfect smagrìvo smagrìvi smagrìva smagrivàmo smagrivàte smagrìvano
past historic smagrìi smagrìsti smagrì smagrìmmo smagrìste smagrìrono
future smagrirò smagrirài smagrirà smagrirémo smagriréte smagrirànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present smagrirèi smagrirésti smagrirèbbe, smagrirébbe smagrirémmo smagriréste smagrirèbbero, smagrirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present smagrìsca smagrìsca smagrìsca smagriàmo smagriàte smagrìscano
imperfect smagrìssi smagrìssi smagrìsse smagrìssimo smagrìste smagrìssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
smagrìsci smagrìsca smagriàmo smagrìte smagrìscano
negative imperative non smagrìre non smagrìsca non smagriàmo non smagrìte non smagrìscano

1Intransitive.
2Transitive.

Derived terms

Further reading

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