dirompere

Italian

Etymology

From Latin dīrumpō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈrom.pe.re/
  • Rhymes: -ompere
  • Hyphenation: di‧róm‧pe‧re

Verb

dirómpere (first-person singular present dirómpo, first-person singular past historic dirùppi, past participle dirótto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to soften by breaking (hemp, rope, etc.)
  2. (transitive, figurative, literary) to break (someone's) resistance
  3. (transitive) to break, to shatter, to demolish (in general)
  4. (intransitive, literary or archaic) to disintegrate, to shatter [auxiliary essere]
  5. (intransitive, literary or archaic) to erupt, to explode [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

Further reading

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

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