Italian

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Etymology

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From ossessione +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /os.ses.sjoˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: os‧ses‧sio‧nà‧re

Verb

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ossessionàre (first-person singular present ossessióno, first-person singular past historic ossessionài, past participle ossessionàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to obsess (to cause to be obsessed)
  2. to bother, to trouble, to exasperate

Conjugation

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Further reading

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

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