defungere

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin dēfungī (to die), earlier I finish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deˈfun.d͡ʒe.re/
  • Rhymes: -undʒere
  • Hyphenation: de‧fùn‧ge‧re

Verb

defùngere (first-person singular present defùngo, first-person singular past historic defùnsi, past participle (rare) defùnto, auxiliary èssere) (literary, intransitive)

  1. (officialese or derogatory) to die
  2. (figurative, derogatory, humorous) to stop working

Conjugation

Derived terms

Latin

Verb

dēfungere

  1. second-person singular present active imperative/indicative of dēfungor

Verb

dēfungēre

  1. second-person singular future active indicative of dēfungor