Maltese edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Either from rare Italian disassociare or more probably a pseudo-Romance calque of English disassociate.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /(ɪ)d.dɪ.sasˈsɔ.t͡ʃja/

Verb edit

ddisassoċja (imperfect jiddisassoċja, past participle ddisassoċjat) (reflexive)

  1. to dissociate oneself from something [+ ruħ (object)]
    • 2020 November 3, “Siġġu inqas għall-PN? Ryan Mercieca jitfa' n-nomina għall-elezzjoni każwali fit-13-il distrett”, in Illum[1]:
      Mercieca ħareġ mal-Partit Nazzjonalista fl-aħħar elezzjoni ġenerali, iżda l-Ħadd li għadda l-Partit Nazzjonalista ddisassoċja ruħu minnu hekk kif qed ikun investigat mill-kumitat tal-etika.
      Mercieca ran for the Nationalist Party in the last general election, but last Sunday the Nationalist Party dissociated itself from him, as he is being investigated by the ethics committee.

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of ddisassoċja
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m ddisassoċjajt ddisassoċjajt ddisassoċja ddisassoċjajna ddisassoċjajtu ddisassoċjaw
f ddisassoċjat
imperfect m niddisassoċja tiddisassoċja jiddisassoċja niddisassoċjaw tiddisassoċjaw jiddisassoċjaw
f tiddisassoċja
imperative ddisassoċja ddisassoċjaw

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