compiangere
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Medieval Latin complangere. Cognate to English complain.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcompiàngere (first-person singular present compiàngo, first-person singular past historic compiànsi, past participle compiànto, auxiliary (transitive only) avére)
- (transitive) to feel sorry for, to pity
- (intransitive, literary) to feel sorry for, to pity [with a ‘someone’] (not used in the compound tenses)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of compiàngere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive only.
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- compiangere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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