avere torto

Literally, “to have fault”. Compare French avoir tort.

• IPA^(key): /aˈve.re ˈtɔr.to/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: a‧vé‧re‧tòr‧to

avére torto (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) hò torto, first-person singular past historic èbbi torto or ébbi torto, past participle avùto torto, first-person singular future avrò torto, first-person singular subjunctive àbbia torto, second-person singular imperative àbbi torto, auxiliary avére)

1. to be wrong

   Antonym: avere ragione

   Ho torto.

   I am wrong.

   (literally, “I have fault.”)