compiangere
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin complangere. Cognate to English complain.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
compiàngere (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 [+ 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 edit
Further reading edit
- compiangere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana