impedantire

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From im- +‎ pedante +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /im.pe.danˈti.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: im‧pe‧dan‧tì‧re

Verb[edit]

This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

impedantìre (first-person singular present impedantìsco, first-person singular past historic impedantìi, past participle impedantìto, auxiliary èssere or avére) (literary)

  1. (intransitive) to become pedantic
  2. (transitive) to cause to become pedantic
    Antonym: spedantire

Usage notes[edit]

  • The verb takes essere as the auxiliary when intransitive, and avere when transitive.

Conjugation[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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

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