spoltronire
Italian
Etymology
From s- (“un-”) + poltrone (“lazy, indolent”) + -ire (3rd conjugation verbal suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spol.troˈni.re/
- Rhymes: -ire
- Hyphenation: spol‧tro‧nì‧re
Verb
spoltronìre (first-person singular present spoltronìsco, first-person singular past historic spoltronìi, past participle spoltronìto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to rouse to action, to rid of laziness, to cause to shake off laziness/inertia
- Synonym: (literary) spoltrire
Conjugation
Conjugation of spoltronìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
- spoltronirsi
Further reading
- spoltronire in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication