diffidare

Italian

Etymology

Reshaping of Latin diffīdere, on the example of fidare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dif.fiˈda.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: dif‧fi‧dà‧re

Verb

diffidàre (first-person singular present diffìdo, first-person singular past historic diffidài, past participle diffidàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to distrust, or be suspicious [+ di (object) = of] [auxiliary avere]
  2. (transitive, law) to warn, to caution

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