torrefare
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin torrefacere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tor.reˈfa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: tor‧re‧fà‧re
Verb
torrefàre (first-person singular present torrefàccio, first-person singular past historic torreféci, past participle torrefàtto, first-person singular imperfect torrefacévo, second-person singular imperative torrefài or torrefà', auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to roast (coffee)
Conjugation
Conjugation of torrefàre (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1With syntactic gemination after the verb.
Related terms
Further reading
- torrefare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana