abbrunire

Italian

Etymology

From a- +‎ bruno +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

abbrunìre (first-person singular present abbrunìsco, first-person singular past historic abbrunìi, past participle abbrunìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to make brown, to darken
  2. (transitive) to tan (the skin)
  3. (transitive) to burnish (metal)
  4. (intransitive) to tan, to get a tan [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

Further reading

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