adeguare
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Latin adaequāre.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.deˈɡwa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: a‧de‧guà‧re
Verb
adeguàre (first-person singular present adèguo or (traditional) adéguo[2], first-person singular past historic adeguài, past participle adeguàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to equalize
- to conform (one's behavior, etc.), to bring into line (wages, etc.)
- (literary) to level, to raze
Conjugation
Conjugation of adeguàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Traditional.
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References
Further reading
- adeguare in Treccani.it – Sinonimi e Contrari (2003), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “adeguare”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati