Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin supprimere (to press down or under; to suppress).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sopˈpri.me.re/
  • Rhymes: -imere
  • Hyphenation: sop‧prì‧me‧re

Verb

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sopprìmere (first-person singular present sopprìmo, first-person singular past historic sopprèssi, past participle sopprèsso, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to abolish, do away with
  2. to suppress
  3. to cut out, delete
  4. to eliminate, liquidate

Conjugation

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Further reading

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