subissare

Italian

Etymology

From abissare, wrongly interpreted as containing a prefix ab- and then substituted with sub-.

Verb

subissàre (first-person singular present subìsso, first-person singular past historic subissài, past participle subissàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive, uncommon) to sink, to destroy, to ruin
  2. (intransitive, uncommon) to sink, to fall, to be ruined [auxiliary essere]
  3. (transitive, figurative) to overwhelm [with di ‘with praise, requests, questions, insults, etc.’]

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