sconfiggere

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skonˈfid.d͡ʒe.re/
  • Rhymes: -iddʒere
  • Hyphenation: scon‧fìg‧ge‧re

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Occitan esconfire, from Latin *excōnficiō, from ex- +‎ cōnficiō.[1]

Verb

sconfìggere (first-person singular present sconfìggo, first-person singular past historic sconfìssi, past participle sconfìtto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to overcome, to defeat
    Synonym: battere
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From s- +‎ configgere.

Verb

sconfìggere (first-person singular present sconfìggo, first-person singular past historic sconfìssi, past participle sconfìtto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (uncommon) to pull out, to remove (something stuck somewhere)
Conjugation

References

  1. ^ sconfiggere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana