sconvenire

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Italian

Etymology

From s- +‎ convenire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skon.veˈni.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: scon‧ve‧nì‧re

Verb

sconvenìre (first-person singular present sconvèngo, first-person singular past historic sconvénni or sconvènni, past participle sconvenùto, first-person singular future sconverrò, auxiliary èssere) (literary, intransitive, rare outside of a reflexive construction)

  1. to be inappropriate, to be unsuitable (usually in a moral sense)
    • 1826, Francesco Milizia, Opere complete di Francesco Milizia risguardanti le belle arti, page 175:
      Poteva allora convenire in una città repubblicana, quanto ora sconviene nella monarchia
      It could then have been appropriate in a republican city, what is now inappropriate in a monarcy
  2. to be in disagreement, to conflict

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Further reading

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