Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From dis- +‎ ubbidire (to obey). Cognate with Piedmontese disubidì, French désobéir.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /di.zub.biˈdi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: di‧sub‧bi‧dì‧re

Verb

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disubbidìre (first-person singular present disubbidìsco, first-person singular past historic disubbidìi, past participle disubbidìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to disobey [with a ‘an order, one's parents, etc.’] [auxiliary avere]
    Antonym: ubbidire
  2. (transitive, uncommon, colloquial) to disobey (an order, one's parents, etc.)
    Antonym: ubbidire (literary when transitive)

Conjugation

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