capovolgere

Italian

Etymology

From capo- +‎ volgere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.poˈvɔl.d͡ʒe.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɔldʒere
  • Hyphenation: ca‧po‧vòl‧ge‧re

Verb

capovòlgere (first-person singular present capovòlgo, first-person singular past historic capovòlsi, past participle capovòlto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to turn upside down, to flip
  2. to overturn
  3. (nautical) to (cause to) capsize
  4. to reverse
  5. (figurative) to reverse, to subvert, to radically transform (a situation, the meaning of a sentence, etc.)

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