Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin turgēre, with change of conjugation.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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tùrgere (first-person singular present tùrgo, no past historic, no past participle)

  1. (intransitive, literary, rare, also figurative) to swell
    Synonym: inturgidire

Conjugation

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Further reading

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

Latin

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Verb

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turgēre

  1. present active infinitive of turgeō