funestare

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fūnestāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fu.neˈsta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: fu‧ne‧stà‧re

Verb

funestàre (first-person singular present funèsto, first-person singular past historic funestài, past participle funestàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to devastate, ravage, lay waste
  2. (transitive) to distress, sadden, grieve
    Synonym: addolorare
    Antonym: allietare

Conjugation

Further reading

  • funestare in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • funestare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • funestàre in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • funestare in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • funestare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

fūnestāre

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