biancheggiare
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bianco (“white”) + -eggiare.
Verb
[edit]biancheggiàre (first-person singular present bianchéggio, first-person singular past historic biancheggiài, past participle biancheggiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to be or appear white [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive) to turn white, to whiten, to bleach [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive, by extension) to turn white-haired
- Synonym: incanutire
- (transitive) to make white, to whiten, to bleach
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of biancheggiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- biancheggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana