improbo

improbo

See also: improbó and ímprobo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin improbus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈim.pro.bo/
  • Rhymes: -improbo
  • Hyphenation: ìm‧pro‧bo

Adjective

improbo (feminine improba, masculine plural improbi, feminine plural improbe)

  1. hard, laborious (work)
  2. (literary) dishonest

Derived terms

Further reading

  • improbo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From in- (not) + probō.

    Verb

    improbō (present infinitive improbāre, perfect active improbāvī, supine improbātum); first conjugation

    1. to disapprove
    2. to blame, condemn, reject
    Conjugation
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • English: improbate
    • Portuguese: improbar, improvar
    • Spanish: improbar
    • Italian: improbare

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Adjective

    improbō

    1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of improbus

    References

    • improbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • improbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • improbo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to accept as a happy omen: omen accipere (opp. improbare)