spurgare

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Italian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin expūrgāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spurˈɡa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spur‧gà‧re

Verb

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spurgàre (first-person singular present spùrgo, first-person singular past historic spurgài, past participle spurgàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to clear, to clean (a canal, ditch, one's nose) [with da ‘of’]
  2. (transitive) to bleed (liquid from an engine, etc.)
  3. (transitive, cooking) to clean by soaking

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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