sfumare

== Italian == === Etymology === From s- +‎ fumo +‎ -are. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sfuˈma.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: sfu‧mà‧re === Verb === sfumàre (first-person singular present sfùmo, first-person singular past historic sfumài, past participle sfumàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere) (transitive, also figurative) to soften or lighten (transitive, cooking) to boil on a low heat (transitive) to taper (hair at the back of the neck) (intransitive) to fade or fade away [auxiliary essere] (intransitive) to vanish, disappear [auxiliary essere] (intransitive) to begin to resemble; to lighten [with in ‘towards (a different shade or color)’] [auxiliary essere] (of a color) (intransitive) to fade [with in ‘into’] [auxiliary essere] (transitive) to blur (edges, borders, etc.) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== sfumato sfumatura f === Anagrams === sfumerà