sconfinare
Italian
Etymology
From s- + confine (“boundary”) + -are.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skon.fiˈna.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: scon‧fi‧nà‧re
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Verb
sconfinàre (first-person singular present sconfìno, first-person singular past historic sconfinài, past participle sconfinàto, auxiliary avére or (uncommon) èssere) (intransitive)
- (also figurative) to cross a border or boundary [with in ‘into’]
- truppe sovietiche hanno sconfinato in Germania
- Soviet troops crossed into Germany
- fino a sconfinare in un atteggiamento nevrotico
- to the point of crossing into a neurotic attitude
- con le sue richieste ha decisamente sconfinato
- with his requests, he decisively crossed the line
- to stray, to digress [with da ‘from’]
- sconfinare dal tema ― to stray from the theme
Conjugation
Conjugation of sconfinàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Uncommon.