Italian

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Etymology

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From s- (privative prefix) +‎ (im)pregnare (to impregnate).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spreɲˈɲa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spre‧gnà‧re

Verb

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  This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

spregnàre (first-person singular present sprégno, first-person singular past historic spregnài, past participle spregnàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive, vulgar except archaic) to give birth
    Synonyms: partorire, sgravare
  2. (intransitive, vulgar except archaic) to abort
    Synonym: abortire

Conjugation

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Further reading

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

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