incarnare - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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From Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin incarnāre, derived from Latin carō (“flesh”).

• IPA^(key): /in.karˈna.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: in‧car‧nà‧re

incarnàre (first-person singular present incàrno, first-person singular past historic incarnài, past participle incarnàto, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive) to incarnate (to embody in flesh)
2. (transitive, figurative, literary) to represent

   Synonym: rappresentare

3. (transitive, figurative, literary) to actualize, to realize

   Synonym: realizzare

4. (transitive, figurative, literary) to play the role of

   Synonym: impersonare

5. (transitive) to sink (one's teeth, etc.) into flesh
6. (intransitive) to paint with the colour/color of flesh

• incarnarsi

• incarnare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• annerarci, incarnerà, reincarna

From incarna +‎ -re.

incarnare f (plural incarnări)

1. incarnation