asciugare

== Italian == === Etymology === From earlier *asciucare, from Latin exsūcāre, from ex- + sucus (“juice, moisture”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aʃ.ʃuˈɡa.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: a‧sciu‧gà‧re === Verb === asciugàre (first-person singular present asciùgo, first-person singular past historic asciugài, past participle asciugàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere) (transitive) to dry (transitive) to wipe, to mop (transitive, by extension, humorous) to down, to quaff (transitive, slang) to annoy, to pester (intransitive) to dry out, to become dry [auxiliary essere] (intransitive, figurative) to lose weight [auxiliary essere] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== sugo, succo ==== See also ==== asciutto seccare