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putrefare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin putrefaciō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pu.treˈfa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: pu‧tre‧fà‧re

Verb

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putrefàre (first-person singular present putrefàccio, first-person singular past historic putreféci, past participle putrefàtto, first-person singular imperfect putrefacévo, second-person singular imperative putrefài or putrefà', auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to putrefy, to rot [auxiliary essere]
  2. (transitive, rare) to putrefy, to cause to rot

Conjugation

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Further reading

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