imbonire
Italian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /im.boˈni.re/
- Rhymes: -ire
- Hyphenation: im‧bo‧nì‧re
Verb
imbonìre (first-person singular present imbonìsco, first-person singular past historic imbonìi, past participle imbonìto, auxiliary avére or (in the archaic intransitive meaning) èssere)
- (transitive) to persuade (someone) (to buy something)
- (transitive, by extension) to persuade, to convince (in general)
- Synonyms: persuadere, convincere
- (transitive, uncommon) to appease, to quiet
- (intransitive, archaic) to calm (of the wind, a storm, etc.) [auxiliary essere]
Conjugation
1In the archaic intransitive meaning.
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