sconfinare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From s- + confine (“boundary”) + -are.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
sconfinàre (first-person singular present sconfìno, first-person singular past historic sconfinài, past participle sconfinàto, auxiliary avére or (uncommon) èssere) (intransitive)
- (also figurative) to cross a border or boundary [+ in (object) = into]
- truppe sovietiche hanno sconfinato in Germania
- Soviet troops crossed into Germany
- fino a sconfinare in un atteggiamento nevrotico
- to the point of crossing into a neurotic attitude
- con le sue richieste ha decisamente sconfinato
- with his requests, he decisively crossed the line
- to stray, to digress [+ da (object) = from]
- sconfinare dal tema ― to stray from the theme
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of sconfinàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Uncommon.