Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *exventāre, a verb based on Latin ventus (wind). Compare Sicilian sbintari.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /zvenˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sven‧tà‧re

Verb edit

sventàre (first-person singular present svènto, first-person singular past historic sventài, past participle sventàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to foil, to thwart, to baffle

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