scontrare
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From incontrare (“to meet”), with a change of prefix.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
scontràre (first-person singular present scóntro, first-person singular past historic scontrài, past participle scontràto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- (literary) to meet, to encounter, to bump into
- (nautical, aeronautics) to quickly swing (the rudder, the tiller, the ailerons, etc.) to the opposite side to brake
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of scontràre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- scontrare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana