sconfessare
Italian
Etymology
s- + confessare, a calque of French désavouer.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skon.fesˈsa.re/
Verb
sconfessare
- (transitive) to disavow, disown (to strongly refuse to own or acknowledge, of ideas or beliefs)
- Synonyms: ritrattare, abiurare, rinnegare, disconoscere
- sconfessare le proprie idee ― to disavow one's own ideas
- (transitive, by extension) to renounce, reject or repudiate (of affirmations or statements)
- Synonyms: disapprovare, disconoscere, smentire
- sconfessare la notizia ― to disapprove of the news
Conjugation
Conjugation of sconfessare
Derived terms
References
- sconfessare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
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