rinnegare

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *renegāre, from Latin negāre. Compare French renier and Spanish renegar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rin.neˈɡa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: rin‧ne‧gà‧re

Verb

rinnegàre (first-person singular present rinnégo or rinnègo[1], first-person singular past historic rinnegài, past participle rinnegàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to renounce (a doctrine, faith or ideal)
  2. to disown
  3. to deny knowing (a person)
    Pietro rinnegò GesùPeter denied Jesus
  4. to deny (a feeling)

Conjugation

References

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