surrogare

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin surrogāre, alternative form of subrogāre, present active infinitive of subrogō. Cognate with French subroger, Spanish subrogar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sur.roˈɡa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sur‧ro‧gà‧re

Verb

surrogàre (first-person singular present surrògo or (Latinate pronunciation) sùrrogo, first-person singular past historic surrogài, past participle surrogàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to substitute
    surrogare lo zucchero con l'aspartameto substitute sugar with aspartame
    surrogare l'aspartame allo zucchero (less common)to substitute aspartame for sugar

Conjugation

Latin

Verb

surrogāre

  1. inflection of surrogō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative