signoreggiare

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From signore +‎ -eggiare.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /siɲ.ɲo.redˈd͡ʒa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: si‧gno‧reg‧già‧re

Verb

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signoreggiàre (first-person singular present signoréggio, first-person singular past historic signoreggiài, past participle signoreggiàto, auxiliary avére) (literary)

  1. (transitive) to rule over or dominate
    Synonym: dominare
    • 1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro primo [First Book]”, in Nuova Cronica [New Chronicle]‎[1], published 1991, section 2:
      Noi troviamo per le storie della Bibbia e per quelle degli Asseriani che Nembrotto il gigante fu il primo re, overo rettore e ragunatore di congregazione di genti; ch’egli per la sua forza e séguito signoreggiò tutte le schiatte de’ figliuoli di Noè
      Through the stories of the Bible, and those of the Assyrians, we find that Nimrod the giant was the first king, that is, ruler and gatherer of a congregation of people; that he, through his strength and followers, ruled over all the progenies of Noah's sons
  2. (intransitive) to domineer [with su ‘a country, territory, etc.’]
  3. (transitive, figurative, uncommon) to dominate (to overlook from a height)
  4. (transitive, figurative, uncommon) to control (one's emotions, feelings etc.)
    Synonyms: controllare, dominare

Conjugation

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Further reading

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

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