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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)
- (rare) to trample on
- Synonym: calpestare
- to oppress
- Synonyms: opprimere, sopprimere; see also Thesaurus:sottomettere
- to violate (a law, right, etc.)
- Synonyms: violare, vilipendere
1980, Umberto Eco, “Primo giorno – Sesta”, in Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose] (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
- inflection of conculcō:
- present active infinitive
- second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
Spanish
Verb
conculcare
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive of conculcar