preoccupare
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praeoccupāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pre.ok.kuˈpa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: pre‧oc‧cu‧pà‧re
- (Romanesco) IPA(key): /prok.kuˈpa(re)/, [ˌpɾok.kuˈb̞ä]
Verb
preoccupàre (first-person singular present preòccupo, first-person singular past historic preoccupài, past participle preoccupàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to worry, to trouble, to bother
- Antonym: rassicurare
Conjugation
Conjugation of preoccupàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)