compiangere

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin complangere. Cognate to English complain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /komˈpjan.d͡ʒe.re/
  • Rhymes: -andʒere
  • Hyphenation: com‧piàn‧ge‧re

Verb

compiàngere (first-person singular present compiàngo, first-person singular past historic compiànsi, past participle compiànto, auxiliary (transitive only) avére)

  1. (transitive) to feel sorry for, to pity
  2. (intransitive, literary) to feel sorry for, to pity [+ a (someone)] (not used in the compound tenses)

Conjugation

Further reading

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