sopprimere

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin supprimere (to press down or under; to suppress).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sopˈpri.me.re/
  • Rhymes: -imere
  • Hyphenation: sop‧prì‧me‧re

Verb

sopprìmere (first-person singular present sopprìmo, first-person singular past historic sopprèssi, past participle sopprèsso, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to abolish, do away with
  2. to suppress
  3. to cut out, delete
  4. to eliminate, liquidate

Conjugation

Further reading

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