surprendre

Senso

1. to surprise
2. to catch out
3. to overhear, to discover, to spot (an action or secret someone is trying to hide)

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/syʁ.pʁɑ̃dʁ/

Etimologia

Inherited from Middle French surprendre, from Old French sorprendre. By surface analysis, sur- + prendre. In Old French sorprendre (“to overtake”) (formed from sor- (“over”); cf. modern French sur-) was distinguished from sousprendre (“to surprise, catch unaware (from beneath)”) (formed from sous- (“under”)); the two verbs later became one over time.

Frasi

Ma demande semble vous surprendre .

La mia richiesta sembra sorprenderti.