Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin āscrībere.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /aˈskri.ve.re/
  • Rhymes: -ivere
  • Hyphenation: a‧scrì‧ve‧re

Verb edit

ascrìvere (first-person singular present ascrìvo, first-person singular past historic ascrìssi, past participle ascrìtto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to attribute, to ascribe, to impute
    ascrivere qualcosa a lode a/di qualcuno
    to praise someone for something
    (literally, “to ascribe something to someone's praise”)
    devo ascriverti questo a lodeI must praise you for this
    devo ascrivere questo a tua lode (more common)I must praise you for this
  2. (intransitive, uncommon) to number [+ tra (object) = among]
  3. (transitive, uncommon) to include (someone) [+ in (object) = in (a list, a number of things, etc.)]

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