capovolgere
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
capovòlgere (first-person singular present capovòlgo, first-person singular past historic capovòlsi, past participle capovòlto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to turn upside down, to flip
- to overturn
- (nautical) to (cause to) capsize
- to reverse
- (figurative) to reverse, to subvert, to radically transform (a situation, the meaning of a sentence, etc.)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of capovòlgere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)