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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)
- (transitive) to devastate, ravage, lay waste
- (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
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Verb
fūnestāre
- inflection of fūnestō:
- present active infinitive
- second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative