Sfumare
Example: La possibilità di successo potrebbe sfumare senza una buona strategia.
Definition
"Sfumare" means to gradually fade away or disappear, often used metaphorically to describe opportunities or possibilities that become less likely or vanish without trace. For example, "La possibilità di successo potrebbe sfumare senza una buona strategia" illustrates how success might slip away without proper planning.
Translations
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fade -
desvanecer -
vervagen -
esvair -
s'estomper -
verblassen -
desvanecer
Etymology
The word "sfumare" comes from the Italian root 'fumo,' meaning smoke, combined with the prefix 's-,' which indicates a movement away or disappearance. Originally, it described something fading like smoke in the air, and over time, it came to mean the gradual vanishing of abstract things such as hopes or chances.
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