appassire
Italian
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)
- (intransitive, also figurative) to wither, to shrivel [auxiliary essere]
- Synonym: (rare) passire
- (intransitive, figurative) to fade [auxiliary essere]
- (transitive, uncommon) to cause to shrivel
- (transitive, wine) to dry (bunches of grapes) by exposure to the sun prior to winemaking
- (transitive, cooking) to sweat / to cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content
- Synonym: far sudare
Conjugation
Conjugation of appassìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Intransitive.
2Transitive.
Derived terms
- appassirsi
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