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Italian
Etymology
From Latin concupiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kon.kuˈpi.re/
- Rhymes: -ire
- Hyphenation: con‧cu‧pì‧re
Verb
concupìre (first-person singular present concupìsco, first-person singular past historic concupìi, past participle concupìto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive, usually ironic or humorous) to lust after, to desire ardently, to covet
Conjugation
Further reading
- concupire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana