abortire

Italian

Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin abortīre, from abortus.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /a.borˈti.re/
    • Rhymes: -ire
    • Hyphenation: a‧bor‧tì‧re

    Verb

    abortìre (first-person singular present abortìsco, first-person singular past historic abortìi, past participle abortìto, auxiliary (referring to a pregnancy) avére or (in other meanings) èssere) (intransitive)

    1. (intransitive, medicine) to abort a pregnancy, to have a miscarriage [auxiliary avere]
    2. (intransitive, botany) to not mature, to not develop [auxiliary essere]
    3. (intransitive, figurative) to fail (e.g. of a company) [auxiliary essere]

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