prevaricare
See also: prevaricaré
Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin praevāricor.
Verb
prevaricàre (first-person singular present prevàrico, first-person singular past historic prevaricài, past participle prevaricàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to abuse one's power [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive) to take advantage of, to exploit [with su] [auxiliary avere]
- (transitive, literary) to transgress (a law, norm, etc.)
Usage notes
- This is a false friend. The verb to prevaricate is tergiversare.
Conjugation
Conjugation of prevaricàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
prevaricare f (plural prevaricări)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | prevaricare | prevaricarea | prevaricări | prevaricările | |
| genitive-dative | prevaricări | prevaricării | prevaricări | prevaricărilor | |
| vocative | prevaricare, prevaricareo | prevaricărilor | |||
Spanish
Verb
prevaricare
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive of prevaricar