Italian edit

Etymology edit

From incontrare (to meet), with a change of prefix.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /skonˈtra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: scon‧trà‧re

Verb edit

scontràre (first-person singular present scóntro, first-person singular past historic scontrài, past participle scontràto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (literary) to meet, to encounter, to bump into
  2. (nautical, aeronautics) to quickly swing (the rudder, the tiller, the ailerons, etc.) to the opposite side to brake

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

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

Anagrams edit