Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin surrogāre, alternative form of subrogāre, present active infinitive of subrogō. Cognate with French subroger, Spanish subrogar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sur.roˈɡa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sur‧ro‧gà‧re

Verb

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surrogàre (first-person singular present surrògo or (Latinate pronunciation) sùrrogo, first-person singular past historic surrogài, past participle surrogàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to substitute
    surrogare lo zucchero con l'aspartameto substitute sugar with aspartame
    surrogare l'aspartame allo zucchero (less common)to substitute aspartame for sugar

Conjugation

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Latin

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Verb

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surrogāre

  1. inflection of surrogō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative