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dubitare

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Italian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin dubitāre.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /du.biˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: du‧bi‧tà‧re
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Verb

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dubitàre (first-person singular present dùbito, first-person singular past historic dubitài, past participle dubitàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)

  1. to doubt
  2. to fear, to suspect (with che + clause)
  3. to not trust, to be wary [with di ‘of’]

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ “dubitare” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

Anagrams

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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dubitāre

  1. inflection of dubitō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative
  2. second-person singular present passive indicative of dubitō: to doubt.
    Dubitando ad veritatem venimus(Through) doubting we come to the truth (Pierre Abélard, Sic et non).