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Italian
Etymology
From capo- + volgere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.poˈvɔl.d͡ʒe.re/
- Rhymes: -ɔldʒere
- Hyphenation: ca‧po‧vòl‧ge‧re
Verb
capovòlgere (first-person singular present capovòlgo, first-person singular past historic capovòlsi, past participle capovòlto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to turn upside down, to flip
- to overturn
- (nautical) to (cause to) capsize
- to reverse
- (figurative) to reverse, to subvert, to radically transform (a situation, the meaning of a sentence, etc.)
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