scontrare
Italian
Etymology
From incontrare (“to meet”), with a change of prefix: s- + contrare.
Pronunciation
Verb
scontràre (first-person singular present scóntro, first-person singular past historic scontrài, past participle scontràto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- (literary) to meet, to encounter, to bump into
- (nautical, aeronautics) to quickly swing (the rudder, the tiller, the ailerons, etc.) to the opposite side to brake
Conjugation
Conjugation of scontràre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
Further reading
- scontrare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
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- Rhymes:Italian/are
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- Italian lemmas
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