scontrare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From incontrare (to meet), with a change of prefix.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /skonˈtra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: scon‧trà‧re

Verb

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scontràre (first-person singular present scóntro, first-person singular past historic scontrài, past participle scontràto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (literary) to meet, to encounter, to bump into
  2. (nautical, aeronautics) to quickly swing (the rudder, the tiller, the ailerons, etc.) to the opposite side to brake

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

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