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istruire

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin īnstruō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /is.truˈi.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: i‧stru‧ì‧re

Verb

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istruìre (first-person singular present istruìsco, first-person singular past historic istruìi, past participle istruìto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to educate; to instruct; to drill
  2. to train
  3. to inform or counsel
  4. (law) to collect evidence, documents, dispositions, etc. in (a lawsuit, hearing, etc.)
    istruire una causa ― to collect evidence in a legal process

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ “istruito” in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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  • “istruire”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026