appestare

Italian

Etymology

From a- +‎ peste +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ap.pesˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ap‧pe‧stà‧re

Verb

appestàre (first-person singular present appèsto, first-person singular past historic appestài, past participle appestàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, literally) to infect with the plague
  2. (transitive) to infect (in general)
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to pollute, to foul (of a stench)
  4. (transitive, figuratively) to corrupt, to spoil morally, to plague

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