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scrubbing

scrubbing, exfoliation treatment

noun SKRUB-beeng Rare

Origin: English loanword 'scrubbing'.

Usage Note

Scrubbing is an English loanword used in Italian beauty and wellness contexts to describe a deep skin-exfoliation treatment. As with most English borrowings in Italian, it is invariable — the plural is also scrubbing. It is always masculine: uno scrubbing, gli scrubbing.

Examples

"Lo scrubbing rimuove le cellule morte."

Natural Translation

Scrubbing removes dead skin cells.

Literal Translation

The scrubbing removes the cells dead.

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