superare
See also: superaré
Italian
Etymology
From super- + -are, or borrowed from Latin superāre. Compare the inherited and obsolete doublet soprare.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su.peˈra.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: su‧pe‧rà‧re
Verb
superàre (first-person singular present sùpero, first-person singular past historic superài, past participle superàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to exceed
- to cross or get over
- Synonyms: oltrepassare, attraversare, valicare, passare oltre, sorpassare, essere oltre
- (figurative, by extension) to overcome
- (figurative, by extension) to pass (a test, etc.)
- Synonyms: affrontare con successo, passare, dimostrarsi all’altezza, uscire indenne
- to excel; to surpass; to outdo; to overtake
- Synonyms: sormontare, sovrastare, sopravanzare, soverchiare, essere superiore, essere più grande, essere al di sopra, battere, vincere, sconfiggere, essere migliore
Conjugation
Conjugation of superàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
References
- ^ Accademia della Crusca (1729–1738) “soprare”, in Vocabolario degli accademici della Crusca (in Italian), 4 edition – on www.lessicografia.it
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
superāre
- present active infinitive of superō
- "to surmount"
- "to surpass"
- "to overflow"
- "to overcome"
- "to remain; to survive"
- second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative of superō
- "be thou overflowed"
- "be thou survived"
Spanish
Verb
superare
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive of superar