biancheggiare
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom bianco (“white”) + -eggiare.
Verb
editbiancheggiàre (first-person singular present bianchéggio, first-person singular past historic biancheggiài, past participle biancheggiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to be or appear white [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive) to turn white, to whiten, to bleach [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive, by extension) to turn white-haired
- Synonym: incanutire
- (transitive) to make white, to whiten, to bleach
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of biancheggiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- biancheggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana