raffreddare
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raf.fredˈda.re/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: raf‧fred‧dà‧re
Verb
raffreddàre (first-person singular present raffréddo, first-person singular past historic raffreddài, past participle raffreddàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive) to cool down, to make cold or colder
- (intransitive) to cool down, to get cold or colder [auxiliary essere]
- (transitive, figurative) to dampen (someone's enthusiasm, etc.)
- (transitive, economics) to slow the increase in (prices, etc.)
Conjugation
Conjugation of raffreddàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
Derived terms
Further reading
- raffreddare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana