sporgere

Italian

Etymology

From Latin exporrigere, from ex- +‎ porrigere. By surface analysis, s- +‎ porgere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɔr.d͡ʒe.re/, /ˈspor.d͡ʒe.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔrdʒere, -ordʒere
  • Hyphenation: spòr‧ge‧re, spór‧ge‧re

Verb

spòrgere or spórgere (first-person singular present spòrgo or spórgo, first-person singular past historic spòrsi or spórsi, past participle spòrto or spórto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to reach out, to stick out
    sporgere la testa ― stick out the head
  2. (intransitive) to jut out, to protrude [auxiliary essere]
    il ripiano sporge dalla parete
    the shelf protrudes from the wall
  3. (transitive, law) to file (a complaint, lawsuit, etc.)
    sporgere querela ― to file a legal action
    sporgere un reclamo ― to file a complaint

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. sporgere in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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