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sviare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From s- +‎ via +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sviàre (first-person singular present svìo, first-person singular past historic sviài, past participle sviàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to divert
  2. (transitive) to reroute (a conversation, etc.) to less embarrassing topics, to hijack (a conversation)
  3. (transitive) to put (someone) on the wrong track; to throw off; to lead someone down the garden path
  4. (transitive) to mislead (an investigation, etc.)
  5. (transitive) to misguide, to have a bad influence on
    i suoi amici l'hanno sviato
    his friends had a bad influence on him
    (literally, “misguided him”)
  6. (intransitive) to take the wrong road, to go astray [auxiliary avere]
  7. (intransitive, figurative) to get distracted, to deviate [with da ‘from’] [auxiliary avere]
  8. (intransitive, figurative) to be corrupted or misguided [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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

Further reading

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  • sviare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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