Italian

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Etymology

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From s- (un-) +‎ poltrone (lazy, indolent) +‎ -ire (3rd conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spol.troˈni.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: spol‧tro‧nì‧re

Verb

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spoltronìre (first-person singular present spoltronìsco, first-person singular past historic spoltronìi, past participle spoltronìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to rouse to action, to rid of laziness, to cause to shake off laziness/inertia
    Synonym: (literary) spoltrire

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • spoltronire in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication