sovvenire

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin subvenīre (to come to mind, occur to).

Verb[edit]

sovvenìre (first-person singular present sovvèngo, first-person singular past historic sovvénni or sovvènni, past participle sovvenùto, first-person singular future sovverrò, auxiliary avére or (in the literary meaning "to come to mind") èssere)

  1. (transitive) to help, to assist
  2. (intransitive) to provide [+ a (someone's needs) = for], to assist (with someone's needs) [auxiliary avere]
  3. (intransitive, uncommon) to provide help [+ a (someone) = to] [auxiliary avere]
  4. (intransitive, literary) to occur (to someone), to come to mind [auxiliary essere]

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