imbalsamare
Italian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editimbalsamàre (first-person singular present imbàlsamo, first-person singular past historic imbalsamài, past participle imbalsamàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to embalm
- (transitive, figurative) to keep intact, to preserve from oblivion
- (transitive, figurative) to imprison in a rigid ideology
- (transitive) to perfume, to embalm, to make fragrant or aromatic
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of imbalsamàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- imbalsamare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana