scombussolare
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Either:
- s- (“un-”) + con- + bussolo (“box”) + -are, literally “to separate what has been gathered (in a box)”.[1][2]
- s- (“un-”) + con- + bussola (“compass”) + -are.[3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]scombussolàre (first-person singular present scombùssolo, first-person singular past historic scombussolài, past participle scombussolàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to upset, disturb
- (transitive) to discombobulate
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of scombussolàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
[edit]- scombussolamento (noun)
References
[edit]- ^ scombussolare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “scombussolare”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
- ^ Il Devoto–Oli (Dizionario italiano da un affiliato di Oxford University Press). Mondadori Education S.p.A. (on Mac OSX Mavericks)
Anagrams
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- Italian terms prefixed with s-
- Italian terms prefixed with con-
- Italian terms suffixed with -are
- Italian 5-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/are
- Rhymes:Italian/are/5 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian verbs
- Italian verbs ending in -are
- Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary
- Italian transitive verbs