Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin subvertō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sov.verˈti.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: sov‧ver‧tì‧re

Verb

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sovvertìre (first-person singular present sovvèrto, first-person singular past historic sovvertìi, past participle sovvertìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to subvert
  2. (transitive) to upset, to alter deeply, to invert
  3. (transitive, figurative, uncommon) to pervert, to corrupt

Conjugation

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Further reading

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