diffidare
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin diffīdere, reshaped according to the native Italian fidare. Compare sfidare.
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)
- (intransitive) to distrust, or be suspicious [with di ‘of’] [auxiliary avere]
- (transitive, law) to warn, to caution
Conjugation
Conjugation of diffidàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “diffidare”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026
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