usurpare

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See also: usurparé

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ūsūrpāre (to use; to seize; to appropriate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u.zurˈpa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: u‧sur‧pà‧re

Verb

usurpàre (first-person singular present usùrpo, first-person singular past historic usurpài, past participle usurpàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to usurp, to take over
  2. (rare, obsolete, transitive) to employ, to use
    Synonyms: adoperare, usare, utilizzare

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

ūsūrpāre

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /usuɾˈpaɾe/
  • Rhymes: -aɾe
  • Syllabification: u‧sur‧pa‧re

Verb

usurpare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of usurpar