istruire

Italian

Etymology

From Latin īnstruō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /is.truˈi.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: i‧stru‧ì‧re

Verb

istruìre (first-person singular present istruìsco, first-person singular past historic istruìi, past participle istruìto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to educate; to instruct; to drill
  2. to train
  3. to inform or counsel
  4. (law) to collect evidence, documents, dispositions, etc. in (a lawsuit, hearing, etc.)
    istruire una causato collect evidence in a legal process

Conjugation

References

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

Further reading

  • istruire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana