sbiancare

Italian

Etymology

From s- +‎ bianco (white) +‎ -are.

Verb

sbiancàre (first-person singular present sbiànco, first-person singular past historic sbiancài, past participle sbiancàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to whiten, to bleach
  2. (transitive, by extension, also figurative) to make pale, to cause to blanch
  3. (intransitive) to whiten, to turn white [auxiliary essere]
  4. (intransitive, by extension, also figurative) to turn pale, to blanch [auxiliary essere]

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