conculcare

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See also: conculcaré

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conculcāre.

Verb

conculcàre (first-person singular present concùlco, first-person singular past historic conculcài, past participle conculcàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive, literary)

  1. (rare) to trample on
    Synonym: calpestare
  2. to oppress
    Synonyms: opprimere, sopprimere; see also Thesaurus:sottomettere
  3. to violate (a law, right, etc.)
    Synonyms: violare, vilipendere
    • 1980, Umberto Eco, “Primo giorno – Sesta”, in Il nome della rosa (I grandi tascabili), Milan: Bompiani, published 1984, page 69:
      Stanno conculcando la Città di Dio, seducono con l'inganno, l'ipocrisia e la violenza.
      They're violating the City of God, they beguile by deceit, hypocrisy and violence.

Conjugation

Latin

Verb

conculcāre

  1. inflection of conculcō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Spanish

Verb

conculcare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of conculcar