Italian

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pre.siˈdja.re/, /pre.ziˈdja.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: pre‧si‧dià‧re

Verb

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presidiàre (first-person singular present presìdio, first-person singular past historic presidiài, past participle presidiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, military) to garrison
  2. (transitive) to guard
  3. (transitive, figurative, uncommon) to defend, to protect

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ presidiare in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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