diffidare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin diffīdere, reshaped according to the native Italian fidare.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
diffidàre (first-person singular present diffìdo, first-person singular past historic diffidài, past participle diffidàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to distrust, or be suspicious [+ di (object) = of] [auxiliary avere]
- (transitive, law) to warn, to caution
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of diffidàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- diffidare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana