impestare

Italian

Etymology

From im- + peste + -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /im.peˈsta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: im‧pe‧stà‧re

Verb

impestàre (first-person singular present impèsto, first-person singular past historic impestài, past participle impestàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to infect (especially with syphilis or other STD)
  2. (transitive, figurative) to taint, to contaminate (with bad odors, fumes, etc.), to stink up

Conjugation

Further reading

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

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