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Italian
Etymology
From Latin subvertō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sov.verˈti.re/
- Rhymes: -ire
- Hyphenation: sov‧ver‧tì‧re
Verb
sovvertìre (first-person singular present sovvèrto, first-person singular past historic sovvertìi, past participle sovvertìto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to subvert
- (transitive) to upset, to alter deeply, to invert
- (transitive, figurative, uncommon) to pervert, to corrupt
Conjugation
Further reading
- sovvertire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana