stravedere

Italian

Etymology

From stra- + vedere (to see).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stra.veˈde.re/
  • Rhymes: -ere
  • Hyphenation: stra‧ve‧dé‧re

Verb

stravedére (first-person singular present stravédo, first-person singular past historic stravìdi, past participle stravedùto, first-person singular future stravedrò, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to see something that isn't there; to missee; to see things [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive, informal) to love or admire to the point that one's judgement is clouded; to be crazy about [+ per (someone)]
    Synonym: (literary) travedere
    • 2020, Barack Obama, translated by Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, and Giuseppe Maugeri, Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:
      Axe e Plouffe stravedevano entrambi per Tim Kaine e, come me, sapevano bene che si sarebbe inserito perfettamente nell'amministrazione Obama.
      Both Axe and Plouffe were crazy about Tim Kaine and, like me, knew that he would fit in perfectly in the Obama administration.

Conjugation

Further reading

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

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