setacciare
Italian
Etymology
From setaccio (“sieve”) + -are.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se.tatˈt͡ʃa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: se‧tac‧cià‧re
Verb
setacciàre (first-person singular present setàccio, first-person singular past historic setacciài, past participle setacciàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to sift, to sieve, to strain
- Synonyms: crivellare, stacciare
- (transitive) to comb, to search, to patrol
- (transitive) to sweep, to scour
Conjugation
Conjugation of setacciàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
Further reading
- setacciare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana