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)
- (also hyperbolic) to faint
- to no longer exist; to cease
- to ebb; to fade away; to become less
- il nostro amore è venuto meno
- our love faded away
- to be insufficient or not enough; to fail
- 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”)
- to be broken (of the law; used with fare)
- far venire meno la legge ― to break the law (literally, “to cause the law to be broken”)
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