storpiare
Italian
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editEtymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin *exturpiāre, from Latin turpis (“ugly”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editstorpiàre (first-person singular present stórpio or (traditional) stòrpio[1], first-person singular past historic storpiài, past participle storpiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to cripple, maim
- Come in tutte le cose, il troppo storpia.
- As in all things, the excess maims.
- (transitive, figurative) to mangle (words)
- (transitive, archaic) to delay, to hinder
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of storpiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Traditional.
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ storpio in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading
edit- storpiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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