imbastardire

Italian

Etymology

From im- + bastardo + -ire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /im.ba.starˈdi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: im‧ba‧star‧dì‧re

Verb

imbastardìre (first-person singular present imbastardìsco, first-person singular past historic imbastardìi, past participle imbastardìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to bastardize, to debase
  2. (intransitive) to become bastardized, to become debased, to degenerate [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

Further reading

  • imbastardire in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • imbastardire in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • imbastardire in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • imbastardire in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • imbastardire in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • imbastardire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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