sovvertire

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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)

  1. (transitive) to subvert
  2. (transitive) to upset, to alter deeply, to invert
  3. (transitive, figurative, uncommon) to pervert, to corrupt

Conjugation

Further reading

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