urtare

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan urtar, probably a derivation from Frankish *hūrt (battering ram), from Proto-Germanic *hrūtaną, *hreutaną (to fall, beat), from Proto-Indo-European *krew- (to fall, beat, smash, strike, break).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /urˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ur‧tà‧re

Verb

urtàre (first-person singular present ùrto, first-person singular past historic urtài, past participle urtàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to hit or strike
    Synonyms: colpire, sbattere; see also Thesaurus:battere
  2. (transitive or intransitive) to bump (into) or knock (against)
    urtare la testato bump one's head
    mi sono urtato la testa contro uno spigolo
    I bumped my head against a corner
    Non urti contro di me!
    Don't bump into me!
  3. (transitive) to annoy or irritate
    Synonyms: irritare, indispettire; see also Thesaurus:infastidire
  4. (intransitive) to encounter
  5. (intransitive or transitive) to stand (against); to contrast (with)
    Synonyms: contrastare, ostacolare, contestare
    la sua onestà urta contro la corrente politica di opportunismo
    his honesty stands against the political current of opportunism
  6. (transitive, archaic) to cause to bump or knock against

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Further reading

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

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