soccombere
Italian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editsoccómbere (first-person singular present soccómbo, first-person singular past historic soccombétti or (traditional) soccombètti, past participle soccombùto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to succumb, to give way [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
edit- Treccani says that this verb is not used in the past participle or composed tenses but examples of soccombuto are common and easy to find. All use avere as an auxiliary (despite what Hoepli says).
Conjugation of soccómbere (root-stressed -ere) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Traditional.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- soccombere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- soccombere in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
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- Italian terms derived from Latin
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- Rhymes:Italian/ombere
- Rhymes:Italian/ombere/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian verbs
- Italian verbs with root-stressed infinitive
- Italian verbs ending in -ere
- Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary
- Italian intransitive verbs