Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kon.trap.peˈza.re/, (traditional) /kon.trap.peˈsa.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: con‧trap‧pe‧sà‧re

Verb

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contrappesàre (first-person singular present contrappéso, first-person singular past historic contrappesài, past participle contrappesàto, auxiliary (transitive or intransitive) avére or (also when intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to counterbalance
  2. (transitive, figurative) to carefully evaluate
  3. (intransitive, literary, figurative) to be equal in value [with a] [auxiliary essere or avere]

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ peso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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