Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Medieval Latin disfīdāre, derived from Latin fīdō (to trust, to rely upon).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /di.sfiˈda.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: di‧sfi‧dà‧re

Verb edit

  This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

disfidàre (first-person singular present disfìdo, first-person singular past historic disfidài, past participle disfidàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, literary) to challenge (to a duel or competition)
    Synonym: sfidare
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) to distrust (someone)
    Synonym: diffidare
  3. (transitive, obsolete) to deem (a sick person) hopeless

Conjugation edit

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