preporre

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin praepōnere, from Latin prae + pōnō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /preˈpor.re/
  • Rhymes: -orre
  • Hyphenation: pre‧pór‧re

Verb

prepórre (first-person singular present prepóngo, first-person singular past historic prepósi, past participle prepósto or prepòsto, first-person singular imperfect preponévo, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to place (something) before
  2. to give (something or someone) preference
  3. to put (someone) in charge (of someone or something)

Conjugation