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lucidare

  • /lut͡ʃiˈdare/

Where it comes from

deriva dal latino tardo lucidare, che deriva da lucĭdus cioè "lucido"

verb avere · lucidando · lucidante · lucidato · lucido · lucidi

  1. rendere lucido qualcosa, strofinandolo con un panno, o applicando un apposito prodotto per lucidatura

Similar: brunire, incerare, strofinare, lustrare, pulire, far scintillare, tirare a lucido, tirare a cera, detergere, verniciare, patinare, ricalcare, copiare, riprodurre · Opposite: appannare, sporcare, insudiciare, imbrattare, offuscare, opacizzare

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verb

Similar: brunire, incerare, strofinare, lustrare, pulire, far scintillare, tirare a lucido, tirare a cera, detergere, verniciare, patinare, ricalcare, copiare, riprodurre · Opposite: appannare, sporcare, insudiciare, imbrattare, offuscare, opacizzare

In English

  • scour to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously
  • refine to purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to m
  • polish make a surface smooth or shiny

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Chicago

"lucidare." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/it/lucidare.

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@misc{lucidare_2026,
  title = {lucidare},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/it/lucidare},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}