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candire
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Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From candi (“candied”) + -ire (3rd-conjugation verbal suffix).
Verb
candìre (first-person singular present candìsco, first-person singular past historic candìi, past participle candìto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to candy (to preserve fruit by boiling in syrup)
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Etymology 2
Inherited from Latin candēre (“to shine, gleam white”), from Proto-Italic *kandēō, from Proto-Indo-European *kand- (“to shine, glow”).
Verb
candìre (first-person singular present candìsco, first-person singular past historic candìi, past participle candìto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive, archaic or literary) to blanch, to whiten
- Synonym: imbiancare
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Further reading
- candire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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