Italian

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Etymology

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From in- +‎ gobbo +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /in.ɡobˈbi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: in‧gob‧bì‧re

Verb

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ingobbìre (first-person singular present ingobbìsco, first-person singular past historic ingobbìi, past participle ingobbìto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to become stooped or hunchbacked [auxiliary essere]
  2. (intransitive) to hunch over, to stoop [auxiliary essere]
  3. (transitive) to make (someone) stooped or hunched

Conjugation

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Further reading

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