chiudere

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Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin clūdere, variant of claudere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkju.de.re/
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  • Rhymes: -udere
  • Hyphenation: chiù‧de‧re

Verb

chiùdere (first-person singular present chiùdo, first-person singular past historic chiùsi, past participle chiùso, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to close, to shut
    Synonym: serrare
    Antonym: aprire
    Non dimenticare di chiudere il gas prima di uscire.
    Don't forget to turn off the gas before going out.
    chiudere a chiaveto lock
  2. (intransitive) to close
    la porta non chiude benethe door doesn't close well
    la scuola ha chiusothe school closed
  3. (intransitive, figurative, informal) to be done (to stop any relationship or connection with)

Conjugation

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Further reading

  • chiudere in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • chiudere in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • chiudere in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • chiudere in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • chiùdere in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • chiùdere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin clūdere, variant of claudere.

Pronunciation

Verb

chiudere

  1. to close, shut

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