ingombro

See also: ingombrò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈɡom.bro/
• Rhymes: -ombro
• Hyphenation: in‧góm‧bro

Etymology 1

Deverbal from ingombrare +‎ -o.

Or formed directly from the prefix in- with an uncertain stem (compare English cumber), either:

• the Old French combre (“wooden obstacles on a river; dam”), combrer (“to hinder”); see modern French encombrer;

or

• directly from the Latin cumulus (“an accumulation, a heap”), compare Portuguese combro.

Noun

ingombro m (plural ingombri)

1. encumbrance, obstruction, obstacle
2. bulk, mass

   Synonym: volume

Adjective

ingombro (feminine ingombra, masculine plural ingombri, feminine plural ingombre)

1. blocked
2. cluttered

Etymology 2

Verb

ingombro

1. first-person singular present indicative of ingombrare