spoltronire

Italian

Etymology

From s- (un-) + poltrone (lazy, indolent) + -ire (3rd conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spol.troˈni.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: spol‧tro‧nì‧re

Verb

spoltronìre (first-person singular present spoltronìsco, first-person singular past historic spoltronìi, past participle spoltronìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to rouse to action, to rid of laziness, to cause to shake off laziness/inertia
    Synonym: (literary) spoltrire

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • spoltronirsi

Further reading

  • spoltronire in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
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