Italian edit

Etymology edit

From sotto- +‎ stare.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sot.toˈsta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sot‧to‧stà‧re

Verb edit

sottostàre (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) sottostò, first-person singular past historic sottostétti or (traditional) sottostètti, past participle sottostàto, first-person singular future sottostarò, first-person singular subjunctive sottostìa, first-person singular imperfect subjunctive sottostéssi, second-person singular imperative sottostài or sottostà', auxiliary èssere) (intransitive)

  1. to submit (to) [auxiliary essere]
  2. to give in (to) [auxiliary essere]
  3. to undergo [auxiliary essere]
  4. (rare) to be below [auxiliary essere]

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