mallevare
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Latin manum (“hand”) + levāre (“raise”). Compare manlevare.
Verb
editmallevàre (first-person singular present mallèvo, first-person singular past historic mallevài, past participle mallevàto, auxiliary (intransitive) avére or (transitive) èssere)
- (transitive, intransitive, law) to guarantee
- Synonym: garantire
- (transitive, intransitive) to sponsor
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of mallevàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Intransitive.
2Transitive.
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- mallevare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana