torrefare

torrefare

Italian

Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin torrefacere.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /tor.reˈfa.re/
    • Rhymes: -are
    • Hyphenation: tor‧re‧fà‧re

    Verb

    torrefàre (first-person singular present torrefàccio, first-person singular past historic torreféci, past participle torrefàtto, first-person singular imperfect torrefacévo, second-person singular imperative torrefài or torrefà', auxiliary avére)

    1. (transitive) to roast (coffee)

    Conjugation

    Further reading

    • torrefare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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