Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin argūmentārī.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ar.ɡo.menˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ar‧go‧men‧tà‧re

Verb

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argomentàre (first-person singular present argoménto, first-person singular past historic argomentài, past participle argomentàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to argue (to make a logical argument)
  2. (transitive) to argue (a case, once's innocence, etc.)
  3. (transitive, uncommon) to infer, to deduce (from a logical argument)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

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