Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin spōnsāre.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /spoˈza.re/
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  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spo‧sà‧re

Verb edit

sposàre (first-person singular present spòso, first-person singular past historic sposài, past participle sposàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to cause (someone) to get married, to give a spouse to, to marry (someone to someone else)
  2. (transitive, figurative) to embrace, to espouse, to join
    sposare una causato embrace a cause

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Further reading edit

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

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