confutare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnfūtāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kon.fuˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: con‧fu‧tà‧re

Verb

confutàre (first-person singular present cònfuto[1], first-person singular past historic confutài, past participle confutàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to confute

Usage notes

  • The Latinate pronunciation confùto is mentioned in dictionaries but is dispreferred.

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ confuto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

cōnfūtāre

  1. inflection of cōnfūtō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Verb

cōnfūtāre

  1. inflection of cōnfūtō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative