soccombere

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin succumbō.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /sokˈkom.be.re/
  • Rhymes: -ombere
  • Hyphenation: soc‧cóm‧be‧re

Verb[edit]

soccómbere (first-person singular present soccómbo, first-person singular past historic soccombétti or (traditional) soccombètti, past participle soccombùto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to succumb, to give way [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation[edit]

  • Treccani says that this verb is not used in the past participle or composed tenses but examples of soccombuto are common and easy to find. All use avere as an auxiliary (despite what Hoepli says).

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • soccombere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • soccombere in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)

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