sorreggere

Italian

Etymology

From so- + reggere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sorˈrɛd.d͡ʒe.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɛddʒere
  • Hyphenation: sor‧règ‧ge‧re

Verb

sorrèggere (first-person singular present sorrèggo, first-person singular past historic sorrèssi, past participle sorrètto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to support, hold up
  2. to sustain
  3. (figurative) to help (someone) through difficulties, to comfort

Conjugation

Further reading

  • sorreggere in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • sorreggere in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • sorreggere in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • sorrèggere in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • sorrèggere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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