Italian

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Etymology

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From dis- +‎ togliere.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /diˈstɔʎ.ʎe.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɔʎʎere
  • Hyphenation: di‧stò‧glie‧re

Verb

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distògliere (first-person singular present distòlgo, first-person singular past historic distòlsi, past participle distòlto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to remove, take away
  2. (transitive) to dissuade, deter
  3. (transitive) to distract, divert

Conjugation

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Further reading

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