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imbrunire

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Italian

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Etymology

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From im- +‎ bruno +‎ -ire. Akin to archaic English embrown, French embrunir.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /im.bruˈni.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: im‧bru‧nì‧re

Verb

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imbrunìre (first-person singular present imbrunìsco, first-person singular past historic imbrunìi, past participle imbrunìto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to get dark, to grow dark, to darken [auxiliary essere]
  2. (intransitive, impersonal) to become evening [auxiliary essere]
  3. (transitive) to turn brown, to darken [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Noun

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imbrunire m (invariable)

  1. dusk, nightfall