sobranzare

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan sobransar, derived from sobrar, from Latin superāre (to rise over, go over).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /so.branˈt͡sa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: so‧bran‧zà‧re

Verb

sobranzàre (first-person singular present sobrànzo, first-person singular past historic sobranzài, past participle sobranzàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (literary, obsolete, ambitransitive) to overwhelm, to overpower, to win
    Synonyms: sopraffare, sovrastare, vincere

Conjugation

Further reading

  • sobranzare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana