costringere
Italian
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editEtymology
editFrom Latin cōnstringere.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcostrìngere (first-person singular present costrìngo, first-person singular past historic costrìnsi, past participle costrétto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to force, to compel, to constrain, to oblige (someone to do something)
- 1971, Fabrizio de Andrè (lyrics and music), “Un blasfemo”, in Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo:
- Nel giardino incantato lo costrinse a sognare / A ignorare che al mondo c'è il bene e c'è il male
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of costrìngere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
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