Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin praesūmō.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /preˈzu.me.re/, /preˈsu.me.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -umere
  • Hyphenation: pre‧sù‧me‧re

Verb edit

presùmere (first-person singular present presùmo, first-person singular past historic presùnsi, past participle presùnto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to guess, to presume, to suppose
    Synonym: congetturare
  2. (transitive, law) to deduce
  3. (intransitive) to presume [+ di (infinitive)] [auxiliary avere]
  4. (intransitive) to be overconfident [auxiliary avere]

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References edit

  1. ^ presumere in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading edit

  • presumere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana