sgombrare
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Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- sgomberare (less common)
Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Verb
[edit]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
[edit] Conjugation of sgombràre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)