Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From im- +‎ malinconia +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /im.ma.lin.koˈni.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: im‧ma‧lin‧co‧nì‧re

Verb

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immalinconìre (first-person singular present immalinconìsco, first-person singular past historic immalinconìi, past participle immalinconìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to sadden, to depress
  2. (intransitive) to get depressed, to become sad, to become melancholy [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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