condiscendere

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin condēscendere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kon.diʃˈʃen.de.re/, /kon.diʃˈʃɛn.de.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -endere, -ɛndere
  • Hyphenation: con‧di‧scén‧de‧re, con‧di‧scèn‧de‧re

Verb

condiscéndere or condiscèndere (first-person singular present condiscéndo or condiscèndo, first-person singular past historic condiscési, past participle condiscéso, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to agree, consent (to)
    Synonym: accondiscendere
  2. (intransitive) to descend
    Synonym: abbassarsi

Conjugation

References

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

Further reading

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