pregiudicare

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin praeiūdicāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pre.d͡ʒu.diˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: pre‧giu‧di‧cà‧re

Verb

pregiudicàre (first-person singular present pregiùdico, first-person singular past historic pregiudicài, past participle pregiudicàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, rare) to prejudge, to forejudge
  2. (transitive, law) to invalidate, to compromise
  3. (transitive, by extension) to jeopardize
  4. (transitive, by extension) to endanger
    Synonym: compromettere
  5. (intransitive, literary) to damage
    Synonym: danneggiare
    • 1530, Francesco Guicciardini, edited by Barbera, Bianchi & C., Ricordi politici e civili [Political and Civilian Memories]‎, Florence, published 1857, section 401, page 223, collected in Opere inedite di Francesco Guicciardini:
      Assai è buono cittadino chi è zelante del bene della patria, e alieno da tutte le cose che pregiudicano al terzo.
      A very good citizen is the one who is keen on the motherland's good, and removed from all the things that damage others.
    • 1749, Ludovico Antonio Muratori, “Capitolo V: Del nobile Scopo , che dovrebbero prefiggersi Principi , Ministri , e Letterati , per proccurare il Pubblico Bene [Chapter 5: About the noble end that princes, ministers and scholars should pursue to bring about the public good]”, in Giuseppe Ponzelli, editor, Della pubblica felicità [About Public Happiness]‎, Naples, published 1757, page 22, collected in Raccolta delle opere minori di Lodovico Antonio Muratori:
      Vizio è, qualora il Bene Privato si oppone, o pregiudica al Pubblico Bene.
      Error occurs when the private good opposes or damages the public good.

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Further reading

  • pregiudicare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana