Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin dīrumpō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /diˈrom.pe.re/
  • Rhymes: -ompere
  • Hyphenation: di‧róm‧pe‧re

Verb

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dirómpere (first-person singular present dirómpo, first-person singular past historic dirùppi, past participle dirótto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to soften by breaking (hemp, rope, etc.)
  2. (transitive, figurative, literary) to break (someone's) resistance
  3. (transitive) to break, to shatter, to demolish (in general)
  4. (intransitive, literary or archaic) to disintegrate, to shatter [auxiliary essere]
  5. (intransitive, literary or archaic) to erupt, to explode [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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

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