distaffare

Italian

Etymology

From di- +‎ staffa +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dis.tafˈfa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: di‧staf‧fà‧re

Verb

distaffàre (first-person singular present distàffo, first-person singular past historic distaffài, past participle distaffàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, foundry) to remove the moulding/molding box from

Conjugation

Further reading

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