peggiorare
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin peiōrāre (“worsen”), from Latin peiōrem (“worsen”). By surface analysis, peggiore + -are.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
peggioràre (first-person singular present peggióro, first-person singular past historic peggiorài, past participle peggioràto, auxiliary (transitive, also alternatively when intransitive and with a person as the subject) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive) to worsen (make worse)
- (intransitive) to worsen (become worse) (of an object, situation, etc.) [auxiliary essere]
- (intransitive) to worsen (become worse) (of a person, e.g. a patient) [auxiliary essere or avere]
Usage notes[edit]
- Colloquial Tuscan says io pèggioro, tu pèggiori in place of standard io peggióro, tu peggióri.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of peggioràre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive, also alternatively when intransitive and with a person as the subject.
2Intransitive.
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Categories:
- Italian terms inherited from Late Latin
- Italian terms derived from Late Latin
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian terms suffixed with -are
- Italian 4-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/are
- Rhymes:Italian/are/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian verbs
- Italian verbs ending in -are
- Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary
- Italian verbs taking essere as auxiliary
- Italian transitive verbs
- Italian intransitive verbs