Italian

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Etymology

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From impressione +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /im.pres.sjoˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: im‧pres‧sio‧nà‧re
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Verb

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impressionàre (first-person singular present impressióno, first-person singular past historic impressionài, past participle impressionàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to impress, strike, upset, frighten, astonish, flabbergast
    Synonyms: colpire, turbare, sconvolgere, impaurire
  2. (photography) to expose

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

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