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incrinare

to crack

verb een-kree-NAH-reh Rare

Also means

to damage

Usage Note

Incrinare means to crack a surface or, figuratively, to damage a relationship or atmosphere — incrinare un'amicizia ('to damage a friendship'). It takes avere in compound tenses. The reflexive incrinarsi means the crack appears on its own: il vetro si è incrinato ('the glass cracked').

Examples

"L'incidente ha incrinato la loro amicizia."

Natural Translation

The accident damaged their friendship.

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