preoccupare

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praeoccupāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pre.ok.kuˈpa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: pre‧oc‧cu‧pà‧re

Verb

preoccupàre (first-person singular present preòccupo, first-person singular past historic preoccupài, past participle preoccupàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to worry, to trouble, to bother
    Antonym: rassicurare

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