scontrare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From incontrare (“to meet”), with a change of prefix.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
scontràre (first-person singular present scóntro, first-person singular past historic scontrài, past participle scontràto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- (literary) to meet, to encounter, to bump into
- (nautical, aeronautics) to quickly swing (the rudder, the tiller, the ailerons, etc.) to the opposite side to brake
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of scontràre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- scontrare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana