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)

  1. to rub or scrub
  2. to scour
  3. to wipe

Conjugation

References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1028-29
  2. strofinare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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