sottoporre

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Italian

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Etymology

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From sotto- +‎ porre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sot.toˈpor.re/
  • Rhymes: -orre
  • Hyphenation: sot‧to‧pór‧re

Verb

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sottopórre (first-person singular present sottopóngo, first-person singular past historic sottopósi, past participle sottopósto or sottopòsto, first-person singular imperfect sottoponévo, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to subject (to something unpleasant)
    sottoporre il straniere a maltrattamentito subject the foreigner to mistreatment
  2. to put or submit (something to someone); to consult; to present to someone's judgement
    sottoporre una domanda a qualcunoconsult with someone about a question (literally, “to submit a question to someone”)
  3. (archaic or rare) to put underneath
  4. (archaic) to subjugate
    Synonyms: soggiogare, opprimere; see also Thesaurus:sottomettere

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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