Italian

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Etymology

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From capo- +‎ volgere.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ka.poˈvɔl.d͡ʒe.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɔldʒere
  • Hyphenation: ca‧po‧vòl‧ge‧re

Verb

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capovòlgere (first-person singular present capovòlgo, first-person singular past historic capovòlsi, past participle capovòlto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to turn upside down, to flip
  2. to overturn
  3. (nautical) to (cause to) capsize
  4. to reverse
  5. (figurative) to reverse, to subvert, to radically transform (a situation, the meaning of a sentence, etc.)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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