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Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin meliōrāre, a verb based on Latin meliārī (“better”). By surface analysis, migliore + -are.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miʎ.ʎoˈra.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: mi‧glio‧rà‧re
Verb
miglioràre (first-person singular present miglióro, first-person singular past historic migliorài, past participle miglioràto, auxiliary (transitive or sometimes intransitive) avére or (normally when intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive) to improve, to ameliorate, to better
- Synonym: rendere migliore
- (transitive) to perfect, to correct, to mend
- Synonyms: perfezionare, correggere, ammendare
- (intransitive) to improve, to get better
- Synonym: stare meglio
Conjugation
1Transitive or sometimes intransitive.
2Normally when intransitive.
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Further reading
- migliorare in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- migliorare in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- migliorare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- miglioràre in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- migliorare in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- migliorare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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