compromettere

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin comprōmittō.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /kom.proˈmet.te.re/
  • Rhymes: -ettere
  • Syllabification: com‧pro‧mét‧te‧re

VerbEdit

comprométtere (first-person singular present comprométto, first-person singular past historic compromìsi, past participle compromésso, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to compromise, to damage, to endanger, to jeopardise, to impair
  2. to damage the reputation of
  3. (law) to refer (a judgment) to an arbiter

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Further readingEdit

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