prevaricare
Appearance
See also: prevaricaré
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin praevāricor.
Verb
[edit]prevaricàre (first-person singular present prevàrico, first-person singular past historic prevaricài, past participle prevaricàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to abuse one's power [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive) to take advantage of, to exploit [with su] [auxiliary avere]
- (transitive, literary) to transgress (a law, norm, etc.)
Usage notes
[edit]- This is a false friend. The verb to prevaricate is tergiversare.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of prevaricàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]prevaricare f (plural prevaricări)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | prevaricare | prevaricarea | prevaricări | prevaricările | |
genitive-dative | prevaricări | prevaricării | prevaricări | prevaricărilor | |
vocative | prevaricare, prevaricareo | prevaricărilor |
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]prevaricare
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