scalfire

== Italian == === Etymology === Perhaps from Late Latin scarificāre, from Latin scarifāre (“to scarify”), from Ancient Greek σκαριφάομαι (skaripháomai, “to scratch an outline”). Compare French scarifier (“to scarify”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /skalˈfi.re/ Rhymes: -ire Hyphenation: scal‧fì‧re === Verb === scalfìre (first-person singular present scalfìsco, first-person singular past historic scalfìi, past participle scalfìto, auxiliary avére) (transitive) to scratch or graze (transitive) to touch, affect or hurt ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== scalfirsi scalfittura === Further reading === scalfire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana