sconfessare

Italian

Etymology

s- + confessare, a calque of French désavouer.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skon.fesˈsa.re/

Verb

sconfessare

  1. (transitive) to disavow, disown (to strongly refuse to own or acknowledge, of ideas or beliefs)
    Synonyms: ritrattare, abiurare, rinnegare, disconoscere
    sconfessare le proprie ideeto disavow one's own ideas
  2. (transitive, by extension) to renounce, reject or repudiate (of affirmations or statements)
    Synonyms: disapprovare, disconoscere, smentire
    sconfessare la notiziato disapprove of the news

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. sconfessare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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