spolverare

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Italian

Etymology

From s- +‎ polvere +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spol.veˈra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spol‧ve‧rà‧re

Verb

spolveràre (first-person singular present spólvero, first-person singular past historic spolverài, past participle spolveràto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to dust (remove dust)
    Antonym: impolverare
  2. (transitive, cooking, etc.) to dust, to sprinkle
  3. (transitive, figurative) to loot, to ransack, to steal everything from
  4. (transitive, figurative) to polish off, to gulp down, to wolf down
    Synonym: spazzolare
  5. (transitive, figurative) to squander, to fritter away
  6. (transitive, figurative, slang) to leave (a person, a vehicle, etc.) in the dust (to overtake and leave far behind)
  7. (transitive, figurative, ironic) to beat, to thrash, to lick (someone)
  8. (transitive, drawing) to reproduce (a drawing) by pouncing (sprinkling or rubbing with powder)
  9. (intransitive) to dust (to clean by removing dust)

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