Italian edit

Etymology edit

From vano +‎ -ficare.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /va.ni.fiˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: va‧ni‧fi‧cà‧re

Verb edit

vanificàre (first-person singular present vanìfico, first-person singular past historic vanificài, past participle vanificàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to frustrate, to thwart, to defeat, to nullify

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Further reading edit

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