contristare

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin contrīstāre (to sadden, depress or discourage).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kon.triˈsta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: con‧tri‧stà‧re

Verb

contristàre (first-person singular present contrìsto, first-person singular past historic contristài, past participle contristàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to sadden
  2. (transitive) to bother, to torment
    Synonyms: molestare, travagliare

Conjugation

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Latin

Verb

contrīstāre

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

Spanish

Verb

contristare

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