What does spolverare in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word spolverare in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use spolverare in Italian.

The word spolverare in Italian means dust, mop, wipe, sprinkle, dust, steal. To learn more, please see the details below.

Listen to pronunciation

Meaning of the word spolverare

dust, mop, wipe

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (togliere la polvere)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Sui mobili neri la polvere si vede subito e per questo devo spolverare ogni quattro giorni.
Dust is easier to see on black furniture, so I have to dust mine every four days.

sprinkle, dust

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (dolci: distribuire superficialmente una sostanza in polvere)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Appena sfornata la torta aspettare che diventi tiepida e poi spolverarla con dello zucchero a velo.
As soon as the cake is taken out of the oven, wait for it to cool and then sprinkle icing sugar over it.

steal

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (figurato (svuotare del suo contenuto, ripulire)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
I ladri hanno spolverato tutti i gioielli dalle teche e sono riusciti a scappare senza lasciare traccia.
The thieves stole all jewels from the cabinets and managed to get away without leaving a trace.

Let's learn Italian

So now that you know more about the meaning of spolverare in Italian, you can learn how to use them through selected examples and how to read them. And remember to learn the related words that we suggest. Our website is constantly updating with new words and new examples so you can look up the meanings of other words you don't know in Italian.

Do you know about Italian

Italian (italiano) is a Romance language and is spoken by about 70 million people, most of whom live in Italy. Italian uses the Latin alphabet. The letters J, K, W, X and Y do not exist in the standard Italian alphabet, but they still appear in loanwords from Italian. Italian is the second most widely spoken in the European Union with 67 million speakers (15% of the EU population) and it is spoken as a second language by 13.4 million EU citizens (3%). Italian is the principal working language of the Holy See, serving as the lingua franca in the Roman Catholic hierarchy. An important event that helped to the spread of Italian was Napoleon's conquest and occupation of Italy in the early 19th century. This conquest spurred the unification of Italy several decades later and pushed the language of the Italian language. Italian became a language used not only among secretaries, aristocrats and the Italian courts, but also by the bourgeoisie.