spianare

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Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin explānāre. By surface analysis, s- +‎ piano +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spjaˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spia‧nà‧re

Verb

spianàre (first-person singular present spiàno, first-person singular past historic spianài, past participle spianàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to level
  2. (transitive) to raze
  3. (transitive) to roll out (pasta)
  4. (transitive) to iron (laundry)
  5. (transitive) to smooth
  6. (intransitive, uncommon) to flatten out, to level out
  7. (intransitive, uncommon) to lie flat
  8. (intransitive, uncommon, colloquial) to eat everything, to gorge oneself

Conjugation

Further reading

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

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