Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Occitan sobransar, derived from sobrar, from Latin superāre (to rise over, go over).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /so.branˈt͡sa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: so‧bran‧zà‧re

Verb

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  This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

sobranzàre (first-person singular present sobrànzo, first-person singular past historic sobranzài, past participle sobranzàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (literary, obsolete, transitive, intransitive) to overwhelm, to overpower, to win
    Synonyms: sopraffare, sovrastare, vincere

Conjugation

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Further reading

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