strofinare
Italian
Etymology
From Lombardic *straufinōn, from Proto-Germanic *straipijaną, *stripōną (“to touch”), of uncertain ultimate origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *ster-, *strē- (“strip, streak”), see also Lithuanian strėlė (“arrow, dart, jib”), Latvian strēle (“arrow, dart”), Proto-Slavic *strěla (“arrow”).[1] Cognate with German streifen (“to brush, swipe”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stro.fiˈna.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: stro‧fi‧nà‧re
Verb
strofinàre (first-person singular present strofìno, first-person singular past historic strofinài, past participle strofinàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
Conjugation
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References
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1028-29”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1028-29
- strofinare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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