raffinare
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ra- + fine + -are; cognate with Friulian rafinâ, Piedmontese rafiné.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]raffinàre (first-person singular present raffìno, first-person singular past historic raffinài, past participle raffinàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to refine
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of raffinàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- raffinare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana