menomare

Italian

Etymology

From menomo + -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /me.noˈma.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: me‧no‧mà‧re

Verb

menomàre (first-person singular present mènomo, first-person singular past historic menomài, past participle menomàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to minimize, to diminish
  2. (transitive) to belittle
  3. (transitive) to maim, to cripple, to disable
  4. (intransitive) to diminish, to weaken [auxiliary essere]
    Synonym: scemare

Conjugation

Further reading

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

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