disfidare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin disfīdāre, derived from Latin fīdō (to trust, to rely upon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.sfiˈda.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: di‧sfi‧dà‧re

Verb

disfidàre (first-person singular present disfìdo, first-person singular past historic disfidài, past participle disfidàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, literary) to challenge (to a duel or competition)
    Synonym: sfidare
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) to distrust (someone)
    Synonym: diffidare
  3. (transitive, obsolete) to deem (a sick person) hopeless

Conjugation

Derived terms

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