sconfessare
Italian
Etymology
From s- + confessare (“to confess”). Compare French désavouer.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skon.fesˈsa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: scon‧fes‧sà‧re
Verb
sconfessàre (first-person singular present sconfèsso, first-person singular past historic sconfessài, past participle sconfessàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to disavow, disown
- Synonyms: ritrattare, abiurare, rinnegare, disconoscere
- sconfessare le proprie idee ― to disavow one's own ideas
- (transitive, by extension) to renounce, reject or repudiate
- Synonyms: disapprovare, disconoscere, smentire
- sconfessare la notizia ― to disapprove of the news
Conjugation
Conjugation of sconfessàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
References
- sconfessare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
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