insospettire

Italian

Etymology

From in- + sospetto (suspect) + -ire (3rd conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.so.spetˈti.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: in‧so‧spet‧tì‧re

Verb

insospettìre (first-person singular present insospettìsco, first-person singular past historic insospettìi, past participle insospettìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to arouse suspicion, to make suspicious
  2. (intransitive, rare) to become suspicious [auxiliary essere]
    Synonym: insospettirsi

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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