convellere

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Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin convellere (to shatter, convulse), derived from vellō (to pluck out; to depilate; to pull or tear down).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈvɛl.le.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɛllere
  • Hyphenation: con‧vèl‧le‧re

Verb

convellére (first-person singular present convèllo, no past historic, no past participle)

  1. (literary, transitive) to twist
    Synonym: contorcere

Conjugation

Further reading

  • convellere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • convellere in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

convellēre

  1. inflection of convellō:
    1. third-person plural perfect active indicative
    2. second-person singular future passive indicative

Verb

convellere

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