Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin prōrumpō.

Verb edit

prorómpere (first-person singular present prorómpo, first-person singular past historic prorùppi, past participle prorótto, auxiliary (in most meanings) avére or (in the meaning "to break out, to burst out (in tears, shouts, etc.)") èssere) (intransitive)

  1. to erupt, to gush, to burst forth [auxiliary avere]
    Synonyms: fuoriuscire, traboccare, straripare, tracimare
    il fiume prorompe dall'arginethe river is erupting over the dam
  2. (by extension) to rush out; to pour out (of people) [auxiliary avere]
  3. (figurative) to break out (begin suddenly), to burst out [+ in (tears, shouts, curses, etc.) = in] [auxiliary essere]
    Synonyms: esplodere, scoppiare, sbottare, sfogarsi, inveire, erompere, manifestarsi, sboccare
    lo sdegno proruppe violentodisdain broke out violently
    lui è prorotto in lacrimehe broke out in tears
  4. (figurative) to intervene, to interrupt [+ in (a discussion, speech, etc.) = in] [auxiliary avere]
    "non ne posso più!" proruppe
    "I can't handle it any more," he interrupted
  5. (literary) to attack, to fling oneself [+ contro (someone) = against] [auxiliary avere]

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Further reading edit

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

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