Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French dérober.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /de.ruˈba.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: de‧ru‧bà‧re

Verb edit

derubàre (first-person singular present derùbo, first-person singular past historic derubài, past participle derubàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (transitive) to rob (someone) [+ di (something) = of]
    L'uomo lo derubò di tutti i suoi soldi.
    The man robbed him of all his money.
  2. (literary or archaic) to loot, to plunder

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