capovolgere

Meaning

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

Translations

Frequency

49k
Hyphenated as
ca‧po‧vòl‧ge‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ka.poˈvɔl.d͡ʒe.re/
Etymology

From capo- + volgere.

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