appassire

Italian

Etymology

From a- +‎ passo (dried) +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ap.pasˈsi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: ap‧pas‧sì‧re

Verb

appassìre (first-person singular present appassìsco, first-person singular past historic appassìi, past participle appassìto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive, also figurative) to wither, to shrivel [auxiliary essere]
    Synonym: (rare) passire
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to fade [auxiliary essere]
  3. (transitive, uncommon) to cause to shrivel
  4. (transitive, winemaking, of grapes) to sun-dry (to dry bunches of grapes by exposure to the sun prior to winemaking)
  5. (transitive, cooking) to sweat (to cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content)
    Synonym: far sudare

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • appassirsi

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