compiangere
Italian
Etymology
From Medieval Latin complangere. Cognate to English complain.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /komˈpjan.d͡ʒe.re/
- Rhymes: -andʒere
- Hyphenation: com‧piàn‧ge‧re
Verb
compiàngere (first-person singular present compiàngo, first-person singular past historic compiànsi, past participle compiànto, auxiliary (transitive only) avére)
- (transitive) to feel sorry for, to pity
- (intransitive, literary) to feel sorry for, to pity [with a ‘someone’] (not used in the compound tenses)
Conjugation
Conjugation of compiàngere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive only.
Related terms
Further reading
- compiangere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana