Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin exprobrāre, derived from probrum (disgrace, shame).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.sproˈbra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: e‧spro‧brà‧re

Verb

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  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).

esprobràre (first-person singular present espròbro, first-person singular past historic esprobrài, past participle esprobràto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) to reproach, to reprimand
    Synonyms: biasimare, rimproverare

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • esprobrare in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication