ambasciare

Italian

Etymology

From ambascia +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /am.baʃˈʃa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: am‧ba‧scià‧re

Verb

ambasciàre (first-person singular present ambàscio, first-person singular past historic ambasciài, past participle ambasciàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive, rare or archaic) to distress, to afflict (to cause to suffer pain)
  2. (intransitive, archaic) to feel anguish, to be distressed (to suffer pain) [auxiliary essere]
    Synonym: (literary, rare) trambasciare

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ambasciarsi

Further reading

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

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