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chiudere

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Italian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin clūdere, variant of claudere.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkju.de.re/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -udere
  • Hyphenation: chiù‧de‧re

Verb

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chiùdere (first-person singular present chiùdo, first-person singular past historic chiùsi, past participle chiùso, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to close, to shut
    Synonym: serrare
    Antonym: aprire
    Non dimenticare di chiudere il gas prima di uscire.
    Don't forget to turn off the gas before going out.
    chiudere a chiaveto lock
  2. (intransitive) to close [auxiliary avere]
    la porta non chiude benethe door doesn't close well
    la scuola ha chiusothe school closed
  3. (intransitive, figurative, informal) to be done (to stop any relationship or connection with) [with con ‘with someone or something’] [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • chiudere in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • chiudere in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • chiudere in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • chiudere in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • chiùdere in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • chiùdere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Neapolitan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin clūdere, variant of claudere.

Pronunciation

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  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈkçuːrərə]
  • (Castelmezzano) IPA(key): [ˈcuːdə]

Verb

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chiudere

  1. to close, shut
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References

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  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 890: “chiudere a chiave” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “chiudere”, in Schedario Napoletano