sgombrare
Italian
Alternative forms
- sgomberare (less common)
Etymology
The prefix in- of ingombrare (“to encumber”) is replaced with s- (“out”), meaning “to remove the encumbrance”, i.e., “to unencumber”.
Compare French décombrer (“to remove debris”).
Pronunciation
Verb
sgombràre (first-person singular present sgómbro, first-person singular past historic sgombrài, past participle sgombràto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to vacate or evacuate
- (transitive) to clear the way
- (intransitive, informal) to move out (of a residence) [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of sgombràre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)