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sbigottire

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Italian

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Etymology

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Probably from Old Occitan esbair or Old French esbahir.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zbi.ɡotˈti.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: sbi‧got‧tì‧re

Verb

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sbigottìre (first-person singular present sbigottìsco, first-person singular past historic sbigottìi, past participle sbigottìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to dismay, dumbfound, make someone's jaw drop
  2. (intransitive) to be amazed, to be dumbfounded [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ sbigottire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana