diventare

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a verbal derivative of Latin dēventum, perfect passive participle of dēveniō (arrive, come), possibly through a Vulgar Latin form *dēventāre as a frequentative of this verb.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.venˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: di‧ven‧tà‧re

Verb

diventàre (first-person singular present divènto or divénto[1], first-person singular past historic diventài, past participle diventàto, auxiliary èssere) (intransitive)

  1. to become (rich, dry, a doctor, etc.), to go (crazy, etc.), to turn (red, blue, etc.)
    Synonym: divenire

Conjugation

References

  1. divento in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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