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diffidare

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin diffīdere, reshaped according to the native Italian fidare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dif.fiˈda.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: dif‧fi‧dà‧re

Verb

diffidàre (first-person singular present diffìdo, first-person singular past historic diffidài, past participle diffidàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to distrust, or be suspicious [with di ‘of’] [auxiliary avere]
  2. (transitive, law) to warn, to caution

Conjugation

More information infinitive, auxiliary verb ...

Derived terms

References

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

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