scomporre
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From s- + comporre (“to compose”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
scompórre (first-person singular present scompóngo, first-person singular past historic scompósi, past participle scompósto or scompòsto, first-person singular imperfect scomponévo, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to decompose; to disaggregate; to break up
- Synonyms: disgregare, dividere, disfare, decomporre, destrutturare, rompere, smontare
- Antonyms: comporre, assemblare, conglomerare
- to discompose; to disorder; to mess up
- Synonyms: disordinare, scompigliare, disarticolare, disorganizzare, scombinare
- il vento le scomponeva i capelli
- the wind was messing up her hair
- to make (someone) lose their composure; to break
- la notizia lo scompose
- the news broke him
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of scompórre (syncopated; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)