dilaniare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dilaniāre (to shred, to rend asunder).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.laˈnja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: di‧la‧nià‧re

Verb

dilaniàre (first-person singular present dilànio, first-person singular past historic dilaniài, past participle dilaniàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to tear to pieces
  2. to rip to shreds

Conjugation

Further reading

  • dilaniare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • dilaniare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

dīlaniāre

  1. inflection of dīlaniō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
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