Italian

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ morbo +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /am.morˈba.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: am‧mor‧bà‧re

Verb

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ammorbàre (first-person singular present ammòrbo, first-person singular past historic ammorbài, past participle ammorbàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to pollute, to taint, to contaminate, to foul
  2. (transitive, informal) to annoy, to bother
  3. (transitive, archaic) to infect, to transmit a disease to
  4. (intransitive, archaic or literary) to get sick [auxiliary essere]

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