venire meno

Italian

Etymology

Literally, to become less.

Verb

venìre meno (first-person singular present vèngo meno, first-person singular past historic vénni meno or vènni meno, past participle venùto meno, first-person singular future verrò meno, auxiliary èssere) (intransitive, idiomatic)

  1. (also hyperbolic) to faint
  2. to no longer exist; to cease
  3. to ebb; to fade away; to become less
    il nostro amore è venuto meno
    our love faded away
  4. to be insufficient or not enough; to fail
  5. to break, to renege on [+ a (a commitment or promise)]
    venire meno alla parola data
    to go back on one's word
    (literally, “renege on the given word”)
  6. to be broken (of the law; used with fare)
    far venire meno la leggeto break the law (literally, “to cause the law to be broken”)

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