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Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary © 2006 Oxford University Press:

fade /feɪd/ intransitive verb sbiadire;
‹sound, light› affievolirsi;
‹flower› appassire ■ fade away intransitive verb ‹sound› affievolirsi;
(dying person) spegnersi ■ fade in transitive verb cominciare in dissolvenza ‹picture› ■ fade out transitive verb finire in dissolvenza ‹picture›

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Italian:

appassirsi - dissolvenza - offuscarsi - sbiadire - sbiadirsi - schiarire - scolorare - scolorire - scolorirsi - sfiorire - stingere - stingersi

fade: WordReference English-Italian Dictionary © 2009

fade		(to weaken) sbiadire, sparire	indebolirsi v
fade		(to languish)	languire v
fade		(to wither)	appassire v
fade		(to evanesce)	svanire v
fade		(to disappear) sparire	scomparire v
fade			impallidire v
fade			sfumare v
fade			sbiadire v
fade		dalla memoria	cancellarsi v rif
fade		luce	morire vi ⇒
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Compound Forms/Forme composte
fade away	vi	literal (grow fainter or less distinct)	affievolirsi v rif
From here, it looks like the mountains fade away into the distance.
The further we walked from the disco, the more the music faded away.
Più mi allontanavo dalla discoteca più la musica si affievoliva.
fade in			aumento graduale del suono
fade out	vi	(sound: grow fainter)	affievolirsi vrif ⇒
As the car went into the tunnel the radio signal faded out.
Come l'auto entrò nel tunnel, il segnale radio si affievolì.
fade out	vi	(sb: fall asleep, lose awareness)	sonnecchiare, ciondolare vi ⇒ ⇒
As he listened to the boring speech again he began to fade out, then finally fell asleep.
Come sentì il discorso noioso cominciò a sonnecchiare per poi addormentarsi completamente.
			assopirsi v rif
fade out	n	(gradual fading of image or sound) cinema: immagini	dissolvenza nf
The last scene ended in a fade out to birds flying over the ocean.
L'ultima scena terminava in dissolvenza con uccelli che volavano sull'oceano.
fade-in			fade-in (musica)
fade-out			fade-out (musica)
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Better to die young than fade away
cause the overall look of the wearer to fade and lose impact
fade off
fade to black
fade to history
sparkle and fade
to fade and lose impact
to fade out

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