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Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *appodiāre, from Latin podium. Compare French appuyer, Spanish apoyar and Portuguese apoiar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ap.podˈd͡ʒa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: ap‧pog‧già‧re
Verb
appoggiàre (first-person singular present appòggio, first-person singular past historic appoggiài, past participle appoggiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to support, to second, to back, to endorse
- Synonym: sostenere
- (transitive) to lean on, to lean against, to prop, to place, to rest on
- Synonym: mettere
- appoggiare la scala alla parete ― to lean the ladder against the wall
- (transitive) to found, to base (a claim, an argument)
- (intransitive, rare) to rest, to stand, to be supported
- Synonyms: poggiare, appoggiarsi, stare appoggiato
- (intransitive, figurative, rare) to be based
- Synonyms: poggiare, appoggiarsi, stare appoggiato
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