profilarsi
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Italian
[edit]Verb
[edit]profilàrsi (first-person singular present mi profìlo, first-person singular past historic mi profilài, past participle profilàto)
- reflexive of profilare
- to be outlined or silhouetted
- Synonyms: stagliarsi, delinearsi, disegnarsi, spiccare
- contro il tramonto si profilava la sua figura
- her figure was silhouetted against the sunset
- to appear or be seen vaguely
- una nave si profilò sull'orizzonte
- a ship appeared on the horizon
- to be imminent or in sight; to loom; to impend
- Synonyms: delinearsi, presentarsi, intravedersi, prospettarsi, preannunciarsi
- si profila un periodo difficile
- a difficult period is in sight