dirompere
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diˈrom.pe.re/
- Rhymes: -ompere
- Hyphenation: di‧róm‧pe‧re
Verb
dirómpere (first-person singular present dirómpo, first-person singular past historic dirùppi, past participle dirótto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive) to soften by breaking (hemp, rope, etc.)
- (transitive, figurative, literary) to break (someone's) resistance
- (transitive) to break, to shatter, to demolish (in general)
- (intransitive, literary or archaic) to disintegrate, to shatter [auxiliary essere]
- (intransitive, literary or archaic) to erupt, to explode [auxiliary essere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of dirómpere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
Further reading
- dirompere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana