spianare
Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin explānāre. By surface analysis, s- + piano + -are.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spjaˈna.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: spia‧nà‧re
Verb
spianàre (first-person singular present spiàno, first-person singular past historic spianài, past participle spianàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to level
- (transitive) to raze
- (transitive) to roll out (pasta)
- (transitive) to iron (laundry)
- (transitive) to smooth
- (intransitive, uncommon) to flatten out, to level out
- (intransitive, uncommon) to lie flat
- (intransitive, uncommon, colloquial) to eat everything, to gorge oneself
Conjugation
Conjugation of spianàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
Further reading
- spianare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana