Italian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *exturpiāre, from Latin turpis (ugly).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /storˈpja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: stor‧pià‧re

Verb edit

storpiàre (first-person singular present stórpio or (traditional) stòrpio[1], first-person singular past historic storpiài, past participle storpiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to cripple, maim
    Come in tutte le cose, il troppo storpia.
    As in all things, the excess maims.
  2. (transitive, figurative) to mangle (words)
  3. (transitive, archaic) to delay, to hinder

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References edit

  1. ^ 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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